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Definition of Sensitization

1. Noun. The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen).

2. Noun. (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations).

3. Noun. Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections.

Definition of Sensitization

1. Noun. The process of making something sensitive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sensitization

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sensitization

1. Immunization, especially with reference to antigens (immunogens) not associated with infection; the induction of acquired sensitivity or of allergy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensitization

sensitising sensitive sensitive fern sensitive pea sensitive plant sensitive species sensitively sensitiveness sensitivenesses sensitives

sensitivities sensitivity sensitivity and specificity sensitivity training group sensitivity training groups sensitization (current term) sensitizations sensitize sensitized sensitizer

sensitizers sensitizes sensitizing sensitizing dose sensitizing injection sensitizing substance sensitometer sensitometers sensitometric sensitometries

Literary usage of Sensitization

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 Richard J. Havel, K. Patrick Ober (1917)
"Brief Resume of Other Conditions of sensitization. June 4th, 1917. ... Active sensitization.—If we inject an animal with a small amount of some form of ..."

2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1914)
"(c) Protein sensitization or Anaphylaxis/—The term ana- phylaxis (Gr., against protection) is applied to a state of sensitiza- tion or excessive ..."

3. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1914)
"In the \ ^v sensitization of guinea-pigs against horse serum, this period, as a 'fv rule, ... II sensitization may be effected by very small quantities; ..."

4. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"Our studies of a simple withdrawal reflex in Aplysia have shown that a component of both short-term and long-term memory for sensitization, an elementary ..."

5. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1916)
"(c) Protein sensitization or Anaphylaxis.*—The term ana- phylaxis (Gr., ... In the sensitization of guinea-pigs against horse serum, this period, as a rule, ..."

6. Epidemiology and public health: a text and reference book for physicians by Victor Clarence Vaughan (1922)
"In bad colds the sensitization is local. The individual free from ... The sensitization is local. It is also stated that bad colds cannot be due to protein ..."

7. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"X.—sensitization. Hitherto the phenomena described have had to do with a variable ... This is brought about by a process of sensitization. A.—SINGLE CELLS. ..."

8. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser, Stewart Woodford Young (1914)
"Passive sensitization is carried by the blood serum purely, since, ... Passive sensitization, once established, may persist for as long as 3 or 4 weeks, ..."

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