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SENSITISING

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

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli

Synonyms:

sensitising; sensitizing

Classified under:

Adjectives

Attribute:

predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb sensitise

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