Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: sensitisation  ,sen-si-tu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,sen-si-tI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: sensitization)
  1. The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
    - sensitization
     
  2. (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
    - sensitization
     
  3. Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
    - sensitizing, sensitising [Brit], sensitization

Derived forms: sensitisations

Type of: immunisation [Brit], immunization, physical process, predisposition, process, sensitivity

Encyclopedia: Sensitisation

Nearest

sensibilise
sensibility
sensibilize
sensible
sensible horizon
sensibleness
sensibly
sensify
sensing
sensing element
sensitisation
sensitise
sensitised
sensitiser
sensitising
sensitive
sensitive fern
sensitive pea
sensitive plant
sensitively
sensitiveness