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PHOTOSENSITISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photosensitise mean? 

PHOTOSENSITISE (verb)
  The verb PHOTOSENSITISE has 1 sense:

1. make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially lightplay

  Familiarity information: PHOTOSENSITISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOTOSENSITISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they photosensitise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it photosensitises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: photosensitised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: photosensitised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: photosensitising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

photosensitise; photosensitize

Hypernyms (to "photosensitise" is one way to...):

sensitise; sensitize (cause to sense; make sensitive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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