Meanings
plural sensitizations · alternative sensitisation
- countableuncountableThe process of making something sensitive.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
noun(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
nounrendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishsensitive
- Englishsensitize
- Englishsensitization
Translations
Czech senzibilizace
- senzibilizaceprocess of making something sensitive
Finnish herkistäminen
- herkistäminenprocess of making something sensitive
German Sensitivierung
- Sensitivierungprocess of making something sensitive
Greek ευαισθητοποίηση
- ευαισθητοποίηση (evaisthitopoíisi)process of making something sensitive
Japanese 感作
- 感作 (kansa)process of making something sensitive
Romanian sensibilizare
- sensibilizareprocess of making something sensitive
Cite this entry
sensitization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensitization
“sensitization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensitization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensitization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensitization.
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