Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sensitization

3 senses of sensitization

Sense 1
sensitization, sensitisation -- (the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen))
       => sensitivity, predisposition -- (susceptibility to a pathogen)

Sense 2
sensitization, sensitisation -- ((psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations))
       => process, physical process -- (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls")

Sense 3
sensitizing, sensitising, sensitization, sensitisation -- (rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections)
       => immunization, immunisation -- (the act of making immune (especially by inoculation))