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Definition: Sensitized |
SensitizedAdjective1. Having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sensitized" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
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Computing | Refers to the treatment of a photographic layer with a chemical to make it more photosensitive or to extend the spectral sensitivity of a photosensitive layer by treating it with dyes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SensitizedSynonyms: allergic (adj), hypersensitised (adj), hypersensitive (adj), hypersensitized (adj), sensitised (adj), supersensitised (adj), supersensitive (adj), supersensitized (adj). (additional references) |
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Health | Sensitized T lymphocytes cooperate with B lymphocytes to produce antibodies against components of the myelin sheath and may contribute to destruction of the myelin. (references) | |
Possibly because the nerve cells conveying pain sensations are hardest hit, or are exquisitely sensitized by the virus attack, pain is the principal persistent complication of shingles. (references) | ||
Special consideration should also be given to the dissemination of any programs that prove effective so that therapists and caregivers to the elderly are sensitized to the ability of elderly people to respond to active psychosocial interventions. (references) | ||
Worker Rights | Guinea | Union officials are selected on the basis of nepotism and patronage, rather than through a hierarchy of competence; these individuals are not sensitized to the rights of workers, and often view unions as an enemy of the Government. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sensitized" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 52.94% of the time. "Sensitized" is used about 17 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 52.94% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 23.53% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 23.53% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "sensitized": sensitized paper. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "sensitized": allergen-sensitized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sensitized"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 使敏感 (sensitise, sensitised, sensitising, sensitize, sensitizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sensibiliseret, gjort følsomt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gevoeliggemaakt, gevoelig gemaakt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valoherkkä (photosensitive), herkistetty. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sensibilise, sensibilisé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sensitivieren, empfindlich gemacht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ευαισθητοποιημένο, ευαισθητοποιημένο εκρηκτικό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fényérzékeny (photoactive, photosensitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sensibilizzato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 感光板 (sensitive or sensitized plate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か""うば" (sensitive or sensitized plate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 민감하게하" (sensitised). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ensitizedsay sensibilizado, tornado sensível. (various references) sensibilizado. (various references) sensibilisering (sensitisation, sensitization, sensitizing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "sensitized": desensitized, hypersensitized, hyposensitized, photosensitized, resensitized, unsensitized. (additional references) | |
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"Sensitized" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: santitized. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sensitized" (pronounced se"nsutī'zd) |
| 9 | s e" n s u t ī' z d | desensitized. |
| 5 | -u t ī' z d | democratized, deputized, digitized, dramatized, hypnotized, magnetized, prioritized, privatized, proselytized, sanitized, securitized, stigmatized, traumatized. |
| 4 | -t ī' z d | advertised, amortized, unamortized. |
| 3 | -ī' z d | accessorized, agonized, aluminized, analyzed, anglicized, annualized, antagonized, apologized, authorized, balkanized, brutalized, burglarized, capitalized, capsized, caramelized, carbonized, catalyzed, categorized, centralized, characterized, circumcised, civilized, collateralized, collectivized, colonized, colorized, commercialized, compromised, computerized, containerized, creolized, criminalized, criticized, crystallized, customized, decentralized, demilitarized, demobilized, demonized, demoralized, denationalized, denuclearized, departmentalized, depressurized, destabilized, disenfranchised, disorganized, downsized, editorialized, emphasized, energized, enfranchised, epitomized, equalized, eulogized, excised, exercised, familiarized, fantasized, federalized, fertilized, fictionalized, finalized, formalized, fossilized, galvanized, generalized, globalized, harmonized, hellenized, heroized, homogenized, hospitalized, humanized, hydrolyzed, hypothesized, idealized, idolized, immobilized, immunized, improvised, industrialized, internalized, ironized, itemized, jeopardized, legalized, legitimized, liberalized, lionized, localized, marginalized, materialized, maximized, mechanized, memorialized, memorized, mesmerized, metastasized, midsized, militarized, miniaturized, minimized, mischaracterized, mobilized, modernized, monopolized, motorized, nationalized, naturalized, neutralized, nonunionized, normalized, organized, ostracized, outsized, oxidized, paralyzed, pasteurized, patronized, penalized, personalized, plagiarized, polarized, politicized, polymerized, popularized, pressurized, professionalized, publicized, pulverized, radicalized, randomized, rationalized, realized, reauthorized, recapitalized, recognized, regionalized, reorganized, revitalized, revolutionized, romanticized, rubberized, scandalized, scrutinized, serialized, socialized, specialized, stabilized, standardized, sterilized, stylized, subsidized, summarized, supervised, symbolized, sympathized, synchronized, synthesized, tantalized, televised, terrorized, theorized, trivialized, unauthorized, undercapitalized, undersized, underutilized, unexercised, unionized, unorganized, unrealized, unrecognized, unsubsidized, unsupervised, urbanized, utilized, vandalized, vaporized, visualized, westernized, winterized. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-n-s-s-t-z" | |
-1 letter: densities, destinies, sensitize. | |
-2 letters: destines, disseize, insisted, sienites, tidiness. | |
-3 letters: deities, densest, destine, dissent, endites, indites, insides, seizins, sestine, sienite, siziest, snidest, tineids. | |
-4 letters: deists, denies, desist, dienes, dieses, diesis, ditzes, dizens, endite, indies, indite, insets, inside, insist, nested, niseis, seined, seines, seised, seisin, seized, seizes, seizin, seniti, sensed, steeds, steins, teiids, teinds, tensed. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-n-s-s-t-z" | |
+1 letter: desensitize. | |
+2 letters: desensitized, desensitizer, desensitizes, resensitized, unsensitized. | |
+3 letters: desensitizers, desensitizing, essentialized. | |
+4 letters: dieselizations, hyposensitized. | |
+5 letters: desensitization, hypersensitized, photosensitized, sensationalized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6E 73 69 74 69 7A 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -. ... .. - .. --.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01110100 01101001 01111010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e n s i t i z e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006E 0073 0069 0074 0069 007A 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53718085758675927170 |
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