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SENSITIZATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does sensitization mean?

• SENSITIZATION (noun)
The noun SENSITIZATION has 3 senses:

1. the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
2. (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
3. rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

Familiarity information: SENSITIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• SENSITIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitization

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

predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)

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

irritation ((pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

sensitisation; sensitization

Hypernyms ("sensitization" 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

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sensitising; sensitizing; sensitisation; sensitization

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

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

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