SENSITIZER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensitizer mean? 

• SENSITIZER (noun)
  The noun SENSITIZER has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSITIZER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

sensitiser; sensitizer

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

activator ((biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Derivation:

sensitize (make sensitive to a drug or allergen)

 Context examples 

A synthetic, potent allergic contact sensitizer with potential immunostimulatory activity.

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