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cross-sensitization

cross-sensitization noun: a phenomenon in which sensitization to a stimulus is generalized to a related stimulus, resulting in the amplification of a particular response to both the original stimulus and the related stimulus.

Noun

cross-sensitization (countable and uncountable, plural cross-sensitizations)

  1. A phenomenon in which sensitization to a stimulus is generalized to a related stimulus, resulting in the amplification of a particular response to both the original stimulus and the related stimulus.

Forms of cross-sensitization

pluralcross-sensitizations

Questions about cross-sensitization

What does cross-sensitization mean?
Cross-sensitization means a phenomenon in which sensitization to a stimulus is generalized to a related stimulus, resulting in the amplification of a particular response to both the original stimulus and the related stimulus.
What part of speech is cross-sensitization?
Cross-sensitization is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-sensitization?
The plural of cross-sensitization is cross-sensitizations.

Words near cross-sensitization in the dictionary

  1. cross-sections
  2. cross-sell
  3. cross-selling
  4. cross-sells
  5. cross-sensitisation
  6. cross-sensitization
  7. cross-server
  8. cross-sex
  9. cross-shaped
  10. cross-shot
  11. cross-shots

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