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Definition of Desensitized
1. desensitize [v] - See also: desensitize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desensitized
Literary usage of Desensitized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"... from a group of 7 which have been successfully desensitized by this method.
... successfully desensitized cases by giving minute, gradually increasing ..."
2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"If sensitized guinea pigs are previously given large amts. of antibody intravenously
their cells are not desensitized by an amt. of antigen, ..."
3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The specificity of the desensitized state in anaphylaxis has an important ...
The authors found that animals sensitized to serum may be desensitized by the ..."
4. 2000 Emergency Response Guidebook: A Guidebook for First Responders During edited by Barry Leonard (2000)
"... more than 10% Nitroglycerin Nitroglycerin mixture with more 113 3319 than 2%
but not more than 10% Nitroglycerin, desensitized Nitroguanidine (Picrite), ..."
5. Epidemiology and public health: a text and reference book for physicians by Victor Clarence Vaughan (1922)
"... but he has found that guinea pigs sensitized to horse serum may be desensitized
by sojourn in a horse stable. Desensitization thus secured is transient ..."
6. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Do not give serum intravenously to patients with positive skin tests, unless they
are first 'desensitized' by the method outlined below or a similar one. ..."
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