| 释义 |
sensibilize, v.|ˈsɛnsɪbɪˌlaɪz|
[f. late L. sensibil-is sensible + -ize, after F. sensibiliser.]
trans. To render sensitive. Hence ˈsensibiˌlizing ppl. a.; ˈsensibiˌlizer. a. Phys. (see quot. 1900); b. Photogr. = sensitizer.
1900Lancet 25 Aug. 564/2 To this specific body [a certain substance in the serum of an immunized animal] M. Bordet gave the name of ‘sensibiliser’, because it renders the blood-disc or the specific micro-organism susceptible to the attack of the normally present hæmolytic ferment. 1904Knowledge May 98/1 A sheet of silver bromide jelly to which a sensibiliser absorbing the yellow and green rays was added. |