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SENSITISED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensitised mean? 

SENSITISED (adjective)
  The adjective SENSITISED has 1 sense:

1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)play

  Familiarity information: SENSITISED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SENSITISED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

Synonyms:

allergic; hypersensitised; hypersensitive; hypersensitized; sensitised; sensitized; supersensitised; supersensitive; supersensitized

Context example:

hypersensitive to pollen

Similar:

susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)


 Context examples 


These include state-of-the-art perovskite light absorbers, which provide a high photovoltage and electrical current to power the chemical reaction by which carbon dioxide is reduced to carbon monoxide, in comparison to light absorbers made from silicon or dye-sensitised materials.

(‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas, University of Cambridge)



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