sensitize Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make sensitive or aware
sensify; sensitise; sensibilise; sensibilize.
- He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
verb cause to sense; make sensitive
sensitise.
- She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
- My tongue became sensitized to good wine
verb make sensitive to a drug or allergen
sensitise.
- Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
verb make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitise.
- sensitize the photographic film

(Photog.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.