Akademik

sensitize

To render sensitive; to induce acquired sensitivity, to immunize. SEE ALSO: sensitized antigen.

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sen·si·tize also Brit sen·si·tise 'sen(t)-sə-.tīz vt, -tized also Brit -tised; -tiz·ing also Brit -tis·ing to make sensitive or hypersensitive <the patient was sensitized to the drug>

Medical dictionary. 2011.