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sensitization|sɛnsɪtaɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. sensitize v. + -ation.]
1. The act or process of sensitizing.
1887Brit. Merc. Gaz. 15 June 25/1 Experiments in sensitization of molecular masses of differential volumes, showing attraction, propulsion, and negation, will follow. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 559/2 The view of Bordet and the French school generally, that the action of immune body is what they describe as a sensitization. 1916[see sensitizin]. 1947Ann. Rev. Microbiol. I. 298 Very striking is the effect of mycobacteria on sensitization to some simple compounds such as picryl chloride and 2:4 dinitrochlorobenzene... When these are injected intraperitoneally a state of anaphylaxis alone ensues, while the use of mycobacteria produces in addition sensitization of the contact dermatitis type. 1969Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 12 Jan. a2/4 It also brings its own problems of sensitization to the horse serum from which it is made.
2. Psychol. The fact or condition of responding in a sensitized or sensitive (as opp. to a repressed) manner, esp. to an emotional stimulus; the process of being sensitized to a particular stimulus.
1947Jrnl. Personality XVI. 75 Such sensitization represents..the obverse of defense... We now find sensitization in the presence of ‘dangerous’ stimulus objects. 1959Ibid. XXVII. 364 The opposite syndrome, composed of high Admission, low Denial, and high Anxiety scores describes the other end of the repression continuum, which has been labeled ‘sensitization’. 1967Psychol. Reports XX. 459 The word ‘sensitization’ is used because the purpose of the procedure is to build up an avoidance response to the undesirable stimulus. 1976Jrnl. Clin. Psychol. XXXII. 321 Results were interpreted according to an approach-avoidance model of repression-sensitization. |