| sensitization | (n) the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen), Syn. sensitisation |
| sensitization | (n) (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations), Syn. sensitisation |
| sensitize | (v) make sensitive or aware, Syn. sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise, sensitise, Ant. desensitize, Example: He was not sensitized to her emotional needs |
| sensitize | (v) cause to sense; make sensitive, Syn. sensitise, Ant. desensitise, desensitize, Example: She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society; My tongue became sensitized to good wine |
| sensitize | (v) make sensitive to a drug or allergen, Syn. sensitise, Example: Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen |
| sensitize | (v) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion, Syn. sensitise, Example: sensitize the photographic film |
| sensitizer | (n) (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction, Syn. sensitiser |
| sensitizing | (n) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections, Syn. sensitising, sensitisation, sensitization |
| sensitizing | (adj) making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli, Syn. sensitising, Ant. desensitizing |
| 感光 | [かんこう, kankou] (n, vs, adj-no) exposure; sensitization; sensitisation [Add to Longdo] |
| 感光板 | [かんこうばん, kankouban] (n) sensitive or sensitized plate (sensitised) [Add to Longdo] |
| 感作 | [かんさ, kansa] (n) (immunological) sensitization [Add to Longdo] |
| 感熱剤 | [かんねつざい, kannetsuzai] (n) heat sensitizer; heat sensitiser [Add to Longdo] |
| 系統的脱感作 | [けいとうてきだっかんさ, keitoutekidakkansa] (n) systematic desensitization [Add to Longdo] |
| 減感 | [げんかん, genkan] (n, vs) desensitization; hyposensitization [Add to Longdo] |
| 減感剤 | [げんかんざい, genkanzai] (n) desensitizer [Add to Longdo] |
| 除感作 | [じょかんさ, jokansa] (n) (obsc) (See 脱感作) (immunological) desensitization [Add to Longdo] |
| 増感 | [ぞうかん, zoukan] (n) (See 減感) sensitization; hypersensitization [Add to Longdo] |
| 脱感作 | [だっかんさ, dakkansa] (n) (immunological) desensitization [Add to Longdo] |