sensitizing
- 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 .