Kids Definition sensitize verb sen· si· tize ˈsen (t)-sə-ˌtīz sensitized; sensitizing : to make or become sensitive

SENSITIZED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of sensitize 2. to make someone sensitive to something: 3. to…. Learn more.

sensitize somebody/something (to something) to make somebody/something more aware of something, especially a problem or something bad People are becoming more sensitized to the dangers …

1. To make sensitive: "Solitude had sensitized him to the roughness of other people" (Jeffrey Eugenides). 2. To make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, especially to light of a specific wavelength. …

If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it.

sensitized, sensitizing to render sensitive. Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy. Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.

If you have become sensitized to an allergen, even an extremely small amount of the allergen in your environment can trigger an attack.

• First, the build up of calcium may serve to sensitize the receptor as discussed earlier. • They had been sensitized to exclusion as they were growing up. • As a result, more people became sensitized to …

sen•si•tize (sen′ si tīz′), v., -tized, -tiz•ing. v.t. to render sensitive. Photography to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy. Immunology to render sensitive to an …

You acquired the added ability to read people and have been sensitized to feel others' feelings that nobody felt.