sensitize
Heighten someone's awareness
To sensitize is to make sensitive or responsive to something.
In photography and medicine, it means making a surface or organism reactive to light, chemicals, or allergens: The film must be sensitized before exposure.
More broadly, to sensitize people is to make them aware of and responsive to an issue: The documentary sensitized viewers to the plight of refugees.
The opposite is desensitize.
Adjust to environment
- habituateMake accustomed through repetition
- accustomMake used to
- adaptModify for new conditions
- adjustChange to fit better
attune · familiarize · prime · train · exposure · acclimatize · prepare · predispose
Immune response trigger
- antigenImmune response inducer
- antibodyProtein targeting foreign substances
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- reactionResponse to stimulus
inflammation · anaphylaxis · atopy · immunoglobulin · allergy · cross-reactivity · re-exposure · triggers
Provide formal instruction
- informGive facts to
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- awakenRouse from slumber
- alertWarning or watchfulness
conscious · mindful · attentive · vigilance · caution · watchful · observant · heedful
Blended immiscible liquids
- filmMovie or coating
- photosensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- exposureState of being unprotected
- coatingApplied surface covering
developer · darkroom · photoreactive · spectral · plate · infrared · UV · panchromatic
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
caring · concern · humanity · tolerance · gentleness · perceptiveness · thoughtfulness · solidarity
acclimate
Adjust to environment
adjust · attune · familiarize · prime · train · exposure · acclimatize · prepare · predispose · orient
allergen
Immune response trigger
- antigenImmune response inducer
- antibodyProtein targeting foreign substances
- histamineAllergy-response compound
reaction · inflammation · anaphylaxis · atopy · immunoglobulin · allergy · cross-reactivity · re-exposure · triggers
educate
Provide formal instruction
alert · conscious · mindful · attentive · vigilance · caution · watchful · observant · heedful · wary
emulsion
Blended immiscible liquids
- filmMovie or coating
- photosensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- exposureState of being unprotected
coating · developer · darkroom · photoreactive · spectral · plate · infrared · UV · panchromatic
compassion
Concern for others' distress
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
consideration · caring · concern · humanity · tolerance · gentleness · perceptiveness · thoughtfulness · solidarity · open-minded
sensitizedesensitize
Reduce responsiveness over time
desensitise · numb · deaden · inure · anesthetize
- sensitive skinEasily irritated epidermis
- sensitive teethTeeth that hurt easily
- case sensitiveUppercase and lowercase differ
- time sensitiveRequiring prompt action
- sensitive informationData requiring protection from disclosure
- sensitive areas
sensitive, sensitivity, desensitize, sensitivities, hypersensitive, sensitively, desensitized, sensitiveness, sensitized