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SENSITISATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitising; sensitization; sensitizing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

sensitise (make sensitive to a drug or allergen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Domain category:

psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sensitisation"):

irritation ((pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation)

Derivation:

sensitise (make sensitive to a drug or allergen)

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