"sensitizes" in the verb sense
1. sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
make sensitive or aware
"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
2. sensitize, sensitise
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"
3. sensitize, sensitise
make sensitive to a drug or allergen
"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
4. sensitize, sensitise
make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
"sensitize the photographic film"
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