sensitising
Definition
Adjective:
- Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli: Describes something that causes an organism or person to become more reactive or responsive to a specific agent or situation.
Noun:
- Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections: The process or act of making an organism allergically sensitive to a substance, often through administered doses.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The sensitising agent in the chemical caused a skin reaction.
- The documentary had a sensitising effect on the public's opinion.
Noun:
- The sensitising of the laboratory mice was necessary for the allergy study.
- The procedure involves the sensitising of the patient to the allergen.
Advanced Usage
- In immunology: The process where an initial exposure to an antigen primes the immune system for a stronger response upon subsequent exposure.
- The sensitising phase is critical for the development of some types of hypersensitivity.
Variants and Related Words
- Sensitize (verb): To make sensitive.
- The training aims to sensitize staff to cultural differences.
- Sensitization (noun): The process of becoming sensitive.
- Repeated exposure led to sensitization to the pollen.
- Desensitising (adjective): Making less sensitive.
- Hypersensitising (adjective): Making excessively sensitive.
Synonyms
- Priming
- Predisposing
- Conditioning
Antonyms
- Desensitising
- Numbing
- Deadening
Related Phrases
- Sensitising exposure: An initial contact that induces sensitivity.
- The sensitising exposure occurred months before the allergic reaction.
Adjective
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making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
Noun
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rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
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