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PHOTOSENSITIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does photosensitize mean?
• PHOTOSENSITIZE (verb)
The verb PHOTOSENSITIZE has 1 sense:
1. make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light
Familiarity information: PHOTOSENSITIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it photosensitizes Past simple: photosensitized
Past participle: photosensitized
-ing form: photosensitizing
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 "photosensitize" is one way to...):
sensitise; sensitize (cause to sense; make sensitive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
It is a type of photosensitizing agent.
(Aminolevulinic acid, NCI Dictionary)
A metal complex compound of phthalocyanide with photosensitizing activity.
(Photocyanine, NCI Thesaurus)
Use of light activated drugs (photosensitizing agents) to kill cancer cells.
(Photodynamic therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
A rhodamine-based dye used as a photosensitizing agent in cytotoxic photodynamic therapy.
(Chloroaluminum Phthalocyanine, NCI Thesaurus)
The hydrochloride salt form of aminolevulinic acid, an aminoketone, used for local photosensitizing therapy.
(Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
It refers almost exclusively to skin photosensitivity, including sunburn, reactions due to repeated prolonged exposure in the absence of photosensitizing factors, and reactions requiring photosensitizing factors such as photosensitizing agents and certain diseases.
(Photodermatitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A pentadentate aromatic metallotexaphyrin with photosensitizing properties.
(Motexafin lutetium, NCI Thesaurus)
A complex mixture of monomeric and aggregated porphyrins with photosensitizing activity.
(Hematoporphyrin derivative, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called photosensitizing agent.
(Photosensitizer, NCI Dictionary)
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