SENSITIZATION

sensitizing, sensitising, sensitization, sensitisation

(noun) rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

sensitization, sensitisation

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

sensitization, sensitisation

(noun) the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sensitization (countable and uncountable, plural sensitizations)

The process of making something sensitive.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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