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sensitize
CIDE DICTIONARY
sensitize, v. t.
To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sensitize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 make sensitive.
2 Photog. make sensitive to light.
3 make (an organism etc.) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance.
1 make sensitive.
2 Photog. make sensitive to light.
3 make (an organism etc.) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance.
Derivative
sensitization n. sensitizer n.
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