sensitisation

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A noun referring to the process of becoming sensitive or responsive to a stimulus, such as an antigen or an emotional event, or the state resulting from this process.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que denota el proceso de volverse sensible o reactivo a un estímulo, como un antígeno o un evento emocional, o el estado resultante de dicho proceso.

1. Immune response C1 formal medical

   The process by which an organism becomes sensitive to an antigen, often through initial exposure.

   • Sensitisation to pollen can cause allergic reactions.
   • The patient developed sensitisation after repeated exposure to the chemical.
   • Doctors monitor sensitisation levels in allergy treatments.

   🇪🇸Sensibilización inmunológica

   Sinónimos: immunizationpriming

2. Psychological sensitivity C1 formal

   The process of becoming increasingly responsive to specific emotional events or stimuli.

   • Sensitisation to criticism can lead to anxiety.
   • Therapy helps reduce emotional sensitisation to past trauma.
   • Repeated exposure to stress can cause sensitisation in the nervous system.

   🇪🇸Sensibilización psicológica

   Antónimos: desensitisationinsensitivitynumbness

3. Medical induction C2 formal medical

   The process of rendering an organism sensitive to a serum through a series of injections.

   • Sensitisation is achieved through gradual doses of the serum.
   • The protocol involves a controlled sensitisation procedure.
   • Sensitisation to the vaccine requires careful monitoring.

   🇪🇸Sensibilización (inducción médica)

   Sinónimos: sensitizationsensitizing

• sensitisation plural form
• sensitizations plural form
• sensitisation' possessive plural form
• sensitizations' possessive plural form
• sensitisation's possessive singular form
• sensitization's possessive singular form