sensitised

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sensitised

A child who is sensitised to pollen sneezes near a flowering plant.

Definition

Adjective 1. Made sensitive or more responsive: Having been caused to react to a specific stimulus, agent, or condition, often by prior exposure or treatment. This frequently refers to an increased or allergic immune response. 2. Emotionally or psychologically aware: Made acutely aware of or responsive to a particular issue, feeling, or social dynamic.

Usage and Examples
  • Medical/Immunological Context: Describes a state where the body's immune system has developed a heightened reaction to a substance.
    • The patient became sensitised to penicillin after the first course of treatment.
    • Workers handling chemicals must be careful to avoid becoming sensitised.
  • Social/Psychological Context: Describes a state of increased awareness or responsiveness to a topic.
    • The training session sensitised the staff to the challenges faced by international students.
    • After the documentary, she felt more sensitised to issues of food waste.
Advanced Usage
  • "to sensitise someone to something": To make someone aware of or responsive to a particular issue or agent.
    • The campaign aims to sensitise the public to the signs of mental distress.
Variants and Related Words
  • Sensitise (verb): To make sensitive or aware.
    • The program is designed to sensitise new employees to the company culture.
  • Sensitisation (noun): The process or result of becoming sensitised.
    • Repeated exposure led to the sensitisation of his skin.
  • Hypersensitive (adjective): Extremely or excessively sensitive; a common synonym in medical contexts.
  • Allergic (adjective): Having an allergy; a specific type of being sensitised.
Synonyms
  • Hypersensitive
  • Allergic
  • Supersensitive
  • Aware
  • Attuned
Antonyms
  • Desensitised
  • Immune
  • Unaware
  • Insensitive
Related Phrases
  • Sensitised to: The typical preposition used to indicate the target of the sensitivity.
    • He is highly sensitised to environmental allergens.
sensitised

A child who is sensitised to pollen sneezes near a flowering plant.

Adjective
  1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
    • allergic children
    • hypersensitive to pollen

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