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PHOTOSENSITIZE

Dictionary entry overview: What does photosensitize mean?

• PHOTOSENSITIZE (verb)
The verb PHOTOSENSITIZE has 1 sense:

1. make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light

Familiarity information: PHOTOSENSITIZE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PHOTOSENSITIZE (verb)

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Meaning:

Make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

photosensitise; photosensitize

Hypernyms (to "photosensitize" is one way to...):

sensitise; sensitize (cause to sense; make sensitive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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