| allergic | (adj) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor), Syn. supersensitised, hypersensitised, supersensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, sensitized, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, Example: allergic children; hypersensitive to pollen |
| desensitize | (v) cause not to be sensitive, Syn. desensitise, Ant. sensitise, sensitize, Example: The war desensitized many soldiers; The photographic plate was desensitized |
| desensitize | (v) make insensitive, Syn. desensitise, Ant. sensitize, Example: His military training desensitized him |
| photosensitize | (v) make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light, Syn. photosensitise |
| sensitize | (v) make sensitive or aware, Syn. sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise, sensitise, Ant. desensitize, Example: He was not sensitized to her emotional needs |
| sensitize | (v) cause to sense; make sensitive, Syn. sensitise, Ant. desensitise, desensitize, Example: She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society; My tongue became sensitized to good wine |
| sensitize | (v) make sensitive to a drug or allergen, Syn. sensitise, Example: Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen |
| sensitize | (v) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion, Syn. sensitise, Example: sensitize the photographic film |
| sensitizer | (n) (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction, Syn. sensitiser |