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  • n  rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
  • v  make sensitive or aware
  • v  cause to sense; make sensitive
  • v  make sensitive to a drug or allergen
  • v  make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
  • a  making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

  • Other interesting pieces of apparatus: a complete outfit for sensitizing, exposing and developing daguerreotype plates; a portable darkroom for sensitizing the next great .
  • We have done such a thorough job of sensitizing our children to the horrors of sexual abuse that they often know better than their elders what is now considered inappropriate .
  • Would Sarah not have been more effective, her message more compelling and would she not have done America a greater good by sensitizing USA's career women to the increased risk .
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  • Curcumin Improves Chemotherapy Treatment
    A special form of the spice curcumin may improve cancer treatment, both directly with its activity against cancer cells and indirectly by sensitizing cancer cells to the effects of chemotherapy.
    Feb. 6, 2014 - ThirdAge
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  • Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein in Al-Bawaba
    Food Force is wonderful way of engaging today's youth in the humanitarian industry,HRH Princess Haya says, "because hunger is a terribly serious issue. Food Force is a means of sensitizing today's youth - tomorrow's leaders - about the...
  • Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Seattle Times
    As far as I know, the EU has been very successful in sensitizing the Turkish state to the rights of the Kurds,said Kemal Kirisci, a Bosphorus University professor who wrote a book on the "Kurdish problem."
  • Stephen Frick in Reuters
    We are very happy with the results. Hiring PWDs does mean more investment in terms of making their work space more accessible, arranging transportation for them and training and sensitizing the rest of the staff. But it has been absolutely worth... Amitabh Bachchan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGjS8eQhoNMPMEOOznf1kQVYWZaAQ Times of India http://www.google.com/url?q=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hiring_for_special_skills/articleshow/2588180.cms&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEMLyhSMNOslSFf8hDA-Yg_xZ8XIA Dec 1, 2007 88198 117656 sensor The sensor problem has been nagging us for quite a long time," Frick said. "We were able to pull the hardware out, find out what the problem really is and get a chance to fix it properly so we don't have to worry about it."

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