sensitizing
Creating heightened awareness
Sensitizing is making someone or something more responsive to a stimulus.
You sensitize people to an issue by raising their awareness: The documentary sensitized viewers to the plight of refugees.
In photography and medicine, sensitizing prepares a surface or organism to react to light or an allergen.
The opposite process is desensitizing.
Immune response trigger
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
- reactionResponse to stimulus
inflammation · hives · rash · eczema · asthma · rhinitis · itching · immunotherapy
Diminished reaction over time
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- exposureState of being unprotected
- preparationArranging things in advance
familiarization · adaptation · adjustment · induction · threshold · gradual · repeated · stimulus
Making reactive to light
- irritantsThings causing vexation
- agentsThose who act for others
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
- toxicityCapacity to cause harm
exposure · dermatitis · contact · skin · reactivity · fragrance · preservatives · metals
Blended immiscible liquids
- filmMovie or coating
- developerOne who builds things
- exposureState of being unprotected
- coatingApplied surface covering
plates · processing · darkroom · bromide · gelatin · spectral · panchromatic
State of sentient awareness
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- educationSystematic development of mind
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
empathy · understanding · recognition · attunement · mindfulness · social justice · advocacy · training
allergen
Immune response trigger
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
reaction · inflammation · hives · rash · eczema · asthma · rhinitis · itching · immunotherapy · pollen
habituation
Diminished reaction over time
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
- primingMaking ready beforehand
- exposureState of being unprotected
preparation · familiarization · adaptation · adjustment · induction · threshold · gradual · repeated · stimulus · preconditioning
photosensitizing
Making reactive to light
- irritantsThings causing vexation
- agentsThose who act for others
- chemicalsManufactured or isolated substances
toxicity · exposure · dermatitis · contact · skin · reactivity · fragrance · preservatives · metals · nickel
emulsion
Blended immiscible liquids
coating · plates · processing · darkroom · bromide · gelatin · spectral · panchromatic
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- educationSystematic development of mind
consciousness-raising · empathy · understanding · recognition · attunement · mindfulness · social justice · advocacy · training · workshops
sensitizingdesensitizing
Reducing responsiveness to stimulus
desensitising · desensitize · desensitise · numbing · deadening
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