sensitized
Primed to react
Sensitized means made sensitive or responsive to something.
In medicine and immunology, a sensitized person has developed an allergic or immune response to a substance after prior exposure: Once sensitized to peanuts, even trace amounts can trigger a reaction.
More broadly, sensitized describes being made aware of or attuned to an issue: The training sensitized employees to workplace harassment.
In photography, sensitized materials have been treated to respond to light.
Having knowledge of
- consciousMentally present and alert
- attunedAdjusted to perceive
- mindfulConsciously attentive
- perceptiveQuick to understand
cognizant · alert · observant · awakened · enlightened · informed · receptive · discerning
Taught a skill
- preparedMade ready beforehand
- primedMade ready beforehand
- acclimatizedAdjusted to new conditions
- habituatedConditioned by repetition
adapted · conditioned · attuned · acclimated · familiarized · adjusted · educated · briefed
Open to attack
traumatized · fragile · defensive · guarded · triggerable · hypervigilant · reactive · thin-skinned
Tending to respond
- allergicAdversely reactive to substances
- hypersensitiveExcessively reactive to stimuli
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- antibodiesProteins targeting pathogens
hives · rash · anaphylaxis · trigger · swollen · inflamed · irritated · itchy
Made politically extreme
- awakenedBrought to consciousness
- activatedMade operational
- mobilizedAssembled for action
- consciousMentally present and alert
politicized · galvanized · empowered · engaged · informed · educated · enlightened · aware
Wavelengths shorter than violet
- sunburnUV-induced skin inflammation
- SPFUltraviolet defense measure
- sunscreenUV-blocking skin cream
- photophobiaAbnormal aversion to brightness
retina · exposure · glare · melanin · dermatological · photoallergic · solar · film
aware
Having knowledge of
perceptive · cognizant · alert · observant · awakened · enlightened · informed · receptive · discerning · noticing
trained
Taught a skill
- preparedMade ready beforehand
- primedMade ready beforehand
- acclimatizedAdjusted to new conditions
habituated · adapted · conditioned · attuned · acclimated · familiarized · adjusted · educated · briefed · inoculated
vulnerable
Open to attack
wounded · traumatized · fragile · defensive · guarded · triggerable · hypervigilant · reactive · thin-skinned · touchy
reactive
Tending to respond
- allergicAdversely reactive to substances
- hypersensitiveExcessively reactive to stimuli
- histamineAllergy-response compound
antibodies · hives · rash · anaphylaxis · trigger · swollen · inflamed · irritated · itchy · redness
radicalized
Made politically extreme
conscious · politicized · galvanized · empowered · engaged · informed · educated · enlightened · aware · woke
ultraviolet
Wavelengths shorter than violet
photophobia · retina · exposure · glare · melanin · dermatological · photoallergic · solar · film · emulsion
- sensitivityhypersensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitive, oversensitive, desensitization
- conditionedtrained, habituated, programmed, adapted, shaped
sensitizeddesensitized
Made unresponsive through overexposure
numbed · deadened · dulled · anesthetized · insusceptible
sensitizedoblivious
Lacking any awareness
unaware · ignorant · insensible · desensitized · indifferent
desensitize, sensitize, desensitized, sensitizes, sensitization, sensitizing, desensitizing, sensitizer, sensitizers