sensitize
English
verb
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English sensitive.
Origin
English
sensitive
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allosensitization English
- barosensitive English
- chemosensitive English
- chemosensitization English
- chemosensitize English
- chemosensitizer English
- cold-sensitive English
- cosensitization English
- cryosensitive English
- desensitizable English
- desensitization English
- desensitize English
- desensitizer English
- ecosensitive English
- electrosensitive English
- electrosensitization English
- hemosensitive English
- hydrosensitive English
- hypersensitive English
- hypersensitization English
- hyposensitive English
- hyposensitization English
- immunosensitive English
- immunosensitization English
- insensitive English
- light-sensitive English
- magnetosensitive English
- mechanosensitive English
- metabosensitive English
- monosensitization English
- morphosensitive English
- multisensitization English
- nonsensitive English
- osmosensitive English
- oversensitive English
- pansensitive English
- pharmacosensitive English
- phosphosensitive English
- photosensitive English
- photosensitization English
- photosensitize English
- photosensitizer English
- piezosensitive English
- polysensitization English
- polysensitize English
- presensitization English
- presensitize English
- psychrosensitive English
- radiosensitive English
- radiosensitization English
- radiosensitize English
- radiosensitizer English
- resensitization English
- resensitize English
- sensitive English
- sensitively English
- sensitiveness English
- sensitivity English
- sensitizable English
- sensitization English
- sensitizer English
- serosensitive English
- somatosensitive English
- sonosensitizer English
- subsensitive English
- supersensitive English
- thermosensitive English
- triplosensitive English
- ultrasensitive English
- undersensitive English
- unsensitive English
- viscerosensitive English
- sensitivo Spanish, Castilian
- sensitib Cebuano
- sensitif Middle French
- sensitive
- sensitizer
- desensitize
- sensitivity
- resensitize
- insensitive
- unsensitive
- sensitively
- ecosensitive
- nonsensitive
- desensitizer
- pansensitive
- subsensitive
- presensitize
- sensitizable
- oversensitive
- osmosensitive
- hemosensitive
- polysensitize
- serosensitive
- hyposensitive
- cryosensitive
- barosensitive
- sensitization
- sensitiveness
- piezosensitive
- cold-sensitive
- photosensitive
- sonosensitizer
- photosensitize
- hydrosensitive
- radiosensitize
- hypersensitive
- supersensitive
- chemosensitive
- undersensitive
- ultrasensitive
- desensitizable
- chemosensitize
- radiosensitive
- immunosensitive
- radiosensitizer
- morphosensitive
- metabosensitive
- light-sensitive
- somatosensitive
- photosensitizer
- cosensitization
- triplosensitive
- desensitization
- resensitization
- chemosensitizer
- thermosensitive
- electrosensitive
- presensitization
- mechanosensitive
- magnetosensitive
- phosphosensitive
- viscerosensitive
- psychrosensitive
- allosensitization
- pharmacosensitive
- polysensitization
- hyposensitization
- monosensitization
- chemosensitization
- radiosensitization
- photosensitization
- multisensitization
- hypersensitization
- immunosensitization
- electrosensitization