sensitise

verb

make sensitive or aware

make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

make sensitive to a drug or allergen

cause to sense

Roots

sentiresensit- · Latin · to feel, perceive izein-ise · Greek · to make, cause to be

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