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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 light
Familiarity information: PHOTOSENSITISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they photosensitise ... he / she / it photosensitises
Past simple: photosensitised
Past participle: photosensitised
-ing form: photosensitising
Past simple: photosensitised
Past participle: photosensitised
-ing form: photosensitising
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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