SENSITIZE


Meaning of SENSITIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sensɪtaɪz ]

( sensitizes, sensitizing, sensitized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'sensitise'

1.

If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. ( FORMAL )

It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues...

How many judges in our male-dominated courts are sensitized to women’s issues?

VERB : V n to n , V-ed , also V n

2.

If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it.

Skin is easily irritated, chapped, chafed, and sensitized.

...sensitised nerve endings.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed , V-ed

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