SENSITIZE

• (verb) make sensitive or aware

  "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

  synonyms : sensibilise , sensibilize , sensify , sensitise

• (verb) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

  "sensitize the photographic film"

  synonyms : sensitise

• (verb) make sensitive to a drug or allergen

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

  synonyms : sensitise

• (verb) cause to sense; make sensitive

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

  synonyms : sensitise

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