sensitizer

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Any agent that sensitizes something
- a substance known to cause, through an allergic reaction, a chronic adverse health effect that becomes evident in a significant number of people on re-exposure to the same substance
A material that can cause an allergic reaction with subsequent contact The symptoms can be manifested as a skin reaction, lung reaction, or both
{i} substance (apart from a catalyst) that accelerates the start of a catalytic reaction; allergen that causes atopic dermatitis on the second exposure following the initial sensitizing exposure (also sensitiser)
(1) photosensitive chemical, usually potassium bichromate aluminum bichromate, or diazonium compounds used for sensitizing photographic screen printing stencil films or emulsions; (2) any chemical substance or mixture that causes a substantial number of persons to develop a hypersensitive reaction upon re-exposure to the chemical substance or mixture, through an allergic bodily reaction
Chemical which may lead to the development of allergic reactions after repeated exposure
chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people or animals to develop an allergic reaction in normal tissue after repeated exposure to the chemical
Substance which, on first exposure, causes little or no reaction in man or test animals but which, on repeated exposure, may cause a marked response not necessarily limited to the contact site
A substance that may cause no reaction in a person during initial exposures, but afterwards, further exposures will cause an allergic response to the substance
A chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people or animals to develop an allergic reaction in normal tissue after repeated exposure to the chemical
(chemistry) a substance other than a catalyst that facilitates the start of a catalytic reaction
A material that can cause an allergic reaction with repeated contact The symptoms can be a skin reaction, lung reaction, or both
A substance that, on first exposure, causes little or no reaction in man or test animals, but which on repeated exposure may cause a marked response not necessarily limited to the contact site Skin sensitization is the most common form of sensitization in the industrial setting, although respiratory sensitization to a few chemicals is also known to occur
An agent that sensitizes
A chemical that causes a substantial proportion of exposed people to develop an allergic reaction after repeated exposure to the chemical
sensitize
To become increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way

Ever since the burglary, we've been more sensitized to home security issues.

sensitize
make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
sensitize
To become increasingly aware of in a concerned or sensitive way
sensitize
make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
sensitize
If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it. Skin is easily irritated, chapped, chafed, and sensitized. sensitised nerve endings
sensitize
sen·si·tize sensitizes sensitizing sensitized in BRIT, also use sensitise1. If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues How many judges in our male-dominated courts are sensitized to women's issues?
sensitize
make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film" make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine
sensitize
make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
sensitize
{f} cause sensitivity, make sensitive (also sensitise)
sensitize
To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate
sensitize
cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine
sensitizer
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