what does sensitization mean?
SENSITIZATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
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Hypernyms(s) sensitization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
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Hypernyms(s) sensitization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
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Hypernyms(s) sensitization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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