Definition of Sensitise

1. Verb. Cause to sense; make sensitive. "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"

Exact synonyms: Sensitize
Causes: Feel, Sense
Specialized synonyms: Photosensitise, Photosensitize, Excite, Stimulate, Stir
Antonyms: Desensitise, Desensitize

2. Verb. Make sensitive to a drug or allergen. "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
Exact synonyms: Sensitize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Sensitisation, Sensitisation, Sensitiser, Sensitization, Sensitizer

3. Verb. Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion. "Sensitize the photographic film"
Exact synonyms: Sensitize
Category relationships: Photography, Picture Taking
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Sensitiser

4. Verb. Make sensitive or aware. "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
Exact synonyms: Sensibilise, Sensibilize, Sensify, Sensitize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Sense, Sense, Sensitization
Antonyms: Desensitize

Definition of Sensitise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of sensitize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sensitise

1. [v -TISED, -TISING, -TISES]

Medical Definition of Sensitise

1. To render sensitive; to induce acquired sensitivity, to immunise. See: sensitised antigen. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensitise

sensile
sensilla
sensillae
sensillum
sensimeter
sensimilla
sensing
sensing element
sensings
sensism
sensisms
sensist
sensists
sensitisation
sensitisations
sensitise
sensitised
sensitised antigen
sensitised cell
sensitised culture
sensitiser
sensitisers
sensitises
sensitising
sensitive
sensitive fern
sensitive pea
sensitive plant
sensitive species
sensitively

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