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SENSITIZING

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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 ("sensitizing" 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)

Antonym:

desensitizing (making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb sensitize

Credits

 Context examples: 

Docetaxel has been studied for use as a radiation-sensitizing agent.

(Docetaxel, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of custirsen abrogates the anti-apoptotic effect of TRPM-2, thereby sensitizing cells to chemotherapy and resulting in tumor cell death.

(Custirsen sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A diffusion MRI technique in which diffusion-sensitizing gradients are applied to the imaging sequence.

(Diffusion Weighted Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

A radio-sensitizing pyrimidine nucleoside with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Cytochlor, NCI Thesaurus)

A petrolatum-based ointment absorbed by dry and moist skin, petrolatum-mineral oil-lanolin-ceresin ointment is non-comedogenic, non-irritating, and non-sensitizing.

(Petrolatum-Mineral Oil-Lanolin-Ceresin Ointment, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon transfection into malignant cells, this vaccine is capable of sensitizing tumor cells in response to an antiviral drug such as ganciclovir, which is readily phosphorylated by the TK enzyme to its active form.

(PA-1-STK Ovarian Carcinoma Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)