sensitize

verbs

make sensitive or aware
"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize
is derived from
sensitization
antonym
desensitize
cause to sense; make sensitive
"She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
sensitise, sensitize
antonym
desensitize
make sensitive to a drug or allergen
"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
sensitise, sensitize
is derived from
sensitizer
is derived from
sensitization
make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
"sensitize the photographic film"
sensitise, sensitize