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Definition of Desensitisation

1. Noun. The process of reducing sensitivity. "The patient was desensitized to the allergen"

Definition of Desensitisation

1. Noun. The act or process of desensitising, of dulling or reducing sensation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Desensitisation

1. A therapeutic regimen that involves the administration of small quantities of a substance that a patient has an allergic response to, for the purpose of diminishing or eradicating the allergic response. The term is used to mean the administration of a graded series of doses of an antigen to which there is an immediate hypersensitivity response. The technique is used in the treatment of allergy and works by inducing the production of blocking antibody (IgG) that inhibits IgE production or blocks IgE binding. Synonym: hyposensitisation, immunotherapy. (13 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Desensitisation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"desensitisation. Guinea-pig immunised to horse serum by ten injections ... A, 0'5 cc sheep serum causes contraction and subsequent desensitisation for a ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The uninoculated foot served as a control. Alternate feet were used at each test to obviate the occurrence of local desensitisation. ..."

3. Intravenous Injection in Wound Shock, Being the Oliver-Sharpey Lectures by William Maddock Bayliss (1918)
"Cases of anaphylactic shock have occurred, especially when a second dose of tetanus antitoxin is given intravenously without previous desensitisation by a ..."

4. Spirals of Suffering: Public Violence and Children by Brian Rock (1997)
"... or through introducing the client to gradually increasing stimuli associated with the traumatic situation (systematic desensitisation and flooding). ..."

5. Sexual Abuse of Young Children in Southern Africa by Linda M. Richter, Andrew Dawes, Craig Higson-Smith, Human Sciences Research Council (2004)
"... the distress of their everyday court experiences, and to reduce the risk of desensitisation as a consequence of the traumatic nature of the cases. ..."

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