sensitize
IPA: sˈɛnsʌtaɪz
verb
- To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
- To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
- (transitive) To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.
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Examples of "sensitize" in Sentences
- SENSITIVE—To sensitize is to make something more sensitive.
- Mr. Gates is racially sensitize and thinks white people hate him.
- The emulsion is either not chemically sensitized or only slightly sensitized.
- Add omega-3 essential fatty acids to our diets, which help "sensitize" our cells to insulin.
- I live in Utah among all whites I have learned I must de-sensitize myself in order to live here.
- We are brought into accord with the Tao, then, when we sensitize ourselves to its unitary nature by cultivating a profound and equal respect for matter and spirit.
- The intent of the program is to sensitize those most closely involved with Alzheimer's patients to develop a higher degree of understanding and patience in dealing with their behaviors and what it takes for them to get through the day,? said Dan Fox, a partner of Right at Home.
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