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Definition: Desensitisation |
DesensitisationNoun1. The process of reducing sensitivity; "the patient was desensitized to the allergen". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | The saturation of one component(an amplifier, for instance)by another so that the first cannot perform its proper function. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An effect occurring in aeronautical receivers as a result of the presence of a high level broadcast signal just outside the aeronautical band. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | Gradually increasing the dose of a medicine in order to overcome severe allergic reactions. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Stroma of the cornea. The lamellated connecting tissue constituting the thickest layer of the cornea, located between Bowman's and --. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Post & Telecom | Reduction in receiver sensitivity due to the presence of a high-level off-channel signal overloading the radio frequency amplifier or mixer stages, or causing automatic gain control action. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: DesensitisationSynonym: desensitization (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: allergy desensitisation (medicine), allergy desensitization, de-sensitisation (electrical engineering), desensitization (medicineelectrical engineering), de-sensitization, desensitization to allergens (medicine). |
Crosswords: Desensitisation |
| Specialty definitions using "desensitisation": behaviour therapy, behavioural therapy ♦ receiver desensitisation. (references) |
| "Desensitisation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Desensitisation" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "desensitisation": receiver desensitisation. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "desensitisation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 减低敏感 (desensitise, desensitised, desensitising, desensitization, desensitize, desensitized, desensitizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | desensibilisering (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization, desensitization to allergens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | desensibilisatie (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, desensitization, desensitization to allergens), vermindering van gevoeligheid (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization), vermindering van de gevoeligheid (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | desensibilisatio (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, desensitization, desensitization to allergens, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization), desensibilisaatio (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, desensitization, desensitization to allergens, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization), siedätyshoito (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, desensitization, desensitization to allergens, hyposensitisation, hyposensitization), herkkyyden heikentyminen (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | désensibilisation (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization, desensitization to allergens), abaissement de la sensibilité (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Desensitization (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization), Desensibilisierung (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization, desensitization to allergens), Hyposensibilisierung (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, desensitization, desensitization to allergens, hyposensitisation, hyposensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | απευαισθητοποίηση (desensitization, desensitize), απευαισθοτοποίηση (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, desensitization, desensitization to allergens), απο-ευαισθητοποίηση (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization), αποευαισθητοποίηση (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | desensitivizzazione (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization), desensibilizzazione (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 탈감작 (desensitization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esensitisationday diminuição da sensibilidade (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization), dessensibilização (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization). (various references) disminución de la sensibilidad (de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization), desensibilización (allergy desensitisation, allergy desensitization, anallergy, anergy, de-sensitisation, desensitization, de-sensitization, desensitization to allergens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | desensibilisatio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-i-n-n-o-s-s-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: sensitisation. | |
-3 letters: daintinesses, destinations, dissentients, tendinitises, tendonitises. | |
-4 letters: destination, dissentient, dissentions, distantness, distensions, distentions, dottinesses, intensities, nattinesses. | |
-5 letters: adenitises, adenosines, daintiness, dentitions, detentions, dietitians, dissension, dissention, distension, distention, identities, idoneities, insanities, intestines, osteitides, sandstones, sensations, sensitised, snottiness, steadiness, tendinitis, tendonitis, tidinesses, tininesses, titanesses. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-i-n-n-o-s-s-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: desensitizations. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e s e n s i t i s a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0073 0065 006E 0073 0069 0074 0069 0073 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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