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sensitize
'sensitize' - used as a verb
1. make sensitive or aware
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
2. cause to sense; make sensitive
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
My tongue became sensitized to good wine
3. make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
4. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitize the photographic film

derived forms
1. Sensitize / Past
sensitized
2. Sensitize / Third Person
sensitizes
3. Sensitize / Present Participle
sensitizing
Variations of 'sensitize'
 
Antonym
  • desensitize
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