What is the meaning of sensitization?

noun

  • The state of being sensitive (as to an antigen.
  • Psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations. ()
  • Rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections.
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