hypersensitized
- s having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
- His film was Du Pont Superior panchromatic, hypersensitized to half again its rated speed by exposing it to fumes of the strongest ammonia obtainable in a closed box for four .
- Citizens of overcrowded Hong Kong were hypersensitized to the threats of a rogue virus long before AIDS or the movie Outbreak.
- In the late stages of RSI, the tendons and muscles can deteriorate and nerves become so hypersensitized that the slightest strain -- even opening a stubborn twist-off cap -- may .