SENSITIZED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sensitized mean? 

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

1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SENSITIZED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

Synonyms:

allergic; hypersensitised; hypersensitive; hypersensitized; sensitised; sensitized; supersensitised; supersensitive; supersensitized

Context example:

hypersensitive to pollen

Similar:

susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)

 Context examples 

The gamma or immune IFNs are produced by T lymphocytes in response to mitogens or to antigens to which they are sensitized.

(Interferon Gamma, NCI Thesaurus)

A local or general reaction of an organism following contact with a specific allergen to which it has been previously exposed and to which it has become sensitized.

(Hypersensitivity, NCI Thesaurus)

The study of those manifestations of the immune system which are mediated by antigen-sensitized T-lymphocytes.

(Cellular Immunology, NCI Thesaurus)

A population of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells isolated from a cancer patient that have been sensitized in vitro to the melanoma-associated antigen gp100.

(gp100 Peptide-sensitized Autologous T-cells (CD4+ and CD8+), NCI Thesaurus)

Using an imaging procedure, the researchers found that the quantity of plaque was 30 percent higher in the alpha-Gal sensitized patients than in the non-sensitized patients.

(Researchers have found a link between allergen in red meat and heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

The gamma or immune IFNs, which are produced by T lymphocytes in response to mitogens or to antigens to which they are sensitized, are acid-labile and serologically distinct from alpha- and beta-IFNs.

(Interferon, NCI Thesaurus)

Those manifestations of the immune response which are mediated by antigen-sensitized T-lymphocytes via lymphokines or direct cytotoxicity.

(Cell-Mediated Immunity, NCI Thesaurus)

They then took mice with normal immune systems and sensitized them with respiratory and food allergens to induce severe allergic reactions leading to anaphylaxis.

(Scientists discover immune cell subtype in mice that drives allergic reactions, National Institutes of Health)

A preparation of autologous CD8+ (cytotoxic) human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) sensitized to Drosophila cell-presented melanoma peptides, with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Autologous CD8 Positive PBL Sensitized to Drosophila Cell-Presented Melanoma Peptides, NCI Thesaurus)

A preparation of interleukin 21 (IL-21) stimulated, CD8+ T-lymphocytes sensitized to MART-1 (melanoma antigen recognized by T-cells) antigen with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Autologous IL-21-Modulated CD8+ MART1-Specific T Cells, NCI Thesaurus)