S: (v) sensitize, sensitise (cause to sense; make sensitive) "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
S: (v) sensitize, sensitise (make sensitive to a drug or allergen) "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
S: (v) sensitize, sensitise (make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion) "sensitize the photographic film"
Adjective
S: (adj) sensitizing, sensitising (making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)