Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of photosensitize
adjectivephotosensitizing (comparative more photosensitizing, superlative most photosensitizing)
comparative more photosensitizing · superlative most photosensitizing
- That causes photosensitization
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishsensitizing
- Englishphotosensitizing
From photo- + sensitizing.
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photosensitizing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosensitizing
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“photosensitizing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosensitizing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photosensitizing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosensitizing.
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