Sensitisation

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sensitisation
       n 1: the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) [syn: {sensitization}]
       2: (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to
          specific events or situations (especially emotional events
          or situations) [syn: {sensitization}]
       3: rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of


          injections [syn: {sensitizing}, {sensitising}, {sensitization}]