SENSITISING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensitising mean? 

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

1. rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

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

• SENSITISING (adjective)
  The adjective SENSITISING has 1 sense:

1. making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

  Familiarity information: SENSITISING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSITISING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitising; sensitization; sensitizing

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

immunisation; immunization (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))

• SENSITISING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

Synonyms:

sensitising; sensitizing

Attribute:

predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)