also Brit  sen*si*tise  vt, -tized  also Brit  -tised  -tiz*ing  also Brit  -tis*ing  :  to make sensitive or hypersensitive <the patient was sensitized to the drug>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  si·nus·itis 
 
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