sensitize

Words with a similar base: sensitize

'sensitize'

[sensitize.v.01] as in: make sensitive or aware

Examples:
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs

'sensitize'

[sensitize.v.02] as in: cause to sense; make sensitive

Examples:
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
My tongue became sensitized to good wine

'sensitize'

[sensitize.v.03] as in: make sensitive to a drug or allergen

Examples:
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen

'sensitize'

[sensitize.v.04] as in: make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

Examples:
sensitize the photographic film

Origins

					sensitize (English)
├── -ize (English)
│   └── -isen (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── -iser (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── -izare (Latin)
│               └── -ιζειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── sensitive (English)
    └── sensitif (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
        └── sensitivus (Latin)

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