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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
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
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
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
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
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