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SENSITISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensitising mean? 

SENSITISING (noun)
  The noun SENSITISING has 1 sense:

1. rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injectionsplay

  Familiarity information: SENSITISING used as a noun is very rare.


SENSITISING (adjective)
  The adjective SENSITISING has 1 sense:

1. making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuliplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SENSITISING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitising; sensitization; sensitizing

Hypernyms ("sensitising" is a kind of...):

immunisation; immunization (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))


SENSITISING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

Synonyms:

sensitising; sensitizing

Attribute:

predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)


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