See Also: sensitize(medicine)
sensitize(dictionary)
sensitize(dictionary)

sensitize (oh)



to give someone some experience or knowledge of a particular problem or situation so that they can notice it and understand it easily
sensitize sb to sth
::Volunteers need to be sensitized to the cultural differences they will meet in African countries.
[usually passive] if someone is sensitized to a particular substance, their body has begun to have a bad reaction whenever they touch it, breathe it etc
be sensitized to sth
::Many hospital workers have become sensitized to the latex in gloves.
technical to treat a material or a piece of equipment so that it will react to physical or chemical changes
::sensitized photographic paper
-- sensitization /7sensZtaI5zeIFEn ?@ -tE-/ n [U]