sensitize
verb
sen·si·tize
ˈsen(t)-sə-ˌtīz 
sensitized; sensitizing
: to make sensitive or hypersensitive
: to become sensitive
sensitizer
noun
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
The technique involves injecting into the brain a virus that contains genetic constructs that sensitize neurons to light, and then manipulating the neurons using a laser that delivers light via optical fibers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2014
The bulletin was sent out of an abundance of caution to sensitize law enforcement around the country to be on the lookout for any activity pointing to the use of vehicles as a method to inflict mass casualties, sources told ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2025
For those study participants, 56% had developed sensitivities to cockroaches and 59% to mice; 36% were sensitized to dogs, 39% to cats and 35% to dust mites.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Sep. 2024
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 24 Feb. 2025
The technique involves injecting into the brain a virus that contains genetic constructs that sensitize neurons to light, and then manipulating the neurons using a laser that delivers light via optical fibers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2014
The bulletin was sent out of an abundance of caution to sensitize law enforcement around the country to be on the lookout for any activity pointing to the use of vehicles as a method to inflict mass casualties, sources told ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2025
For those study participants, 56% had developed sensitivities to cockroaches and 59% to mice; 36% were sensitized to dogs, 39% to cats and 35% to dust mites.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensitize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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sensitize
transitive verb
sen·si·tize
variants
also British sensitise
sensitized also British sensitised; sensitizing also British sensitising
: to make sensitive or hypersensitive
the patient was sensitized to the drug
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