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oversensitized

oversensitized adjective: excessively sensitized.

Adjective

oversensitized (comparative more oversensitized, superlative most oversensitized)

  1. Excessively sensitized.
    • There are three theories about what caused the cardiac arrest, Kramp said: The inhalant could have oversensitized the patient’s heart, which can make any subsequent stress, like getting caught by a parent, cause cardiac arrest. Also, inhalants decrease the strength of contraction of the heart...2018 November 15, Nina Avramova, “19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant spray to get high”, in CNN

Forms of oversensitized

comparativemore oversensitized
superlativemost oversensitized

Origin of oversensitized

From over- + sensitized.

Questions about oversensitized

What does oversensitized mean?
Oversensitized means excessively sensitized.
What part of speech is oversensitized?
Oversensitized is an adjective.

Words near oversensitized in the dictionary

  1. oversensitive
  2. oversensitively
  3. oversensitiveness
  4. oversensitivities
  5. oversensitivity
  6. oversensitized
  7. oversent
  8. oversentence
  9. oversentenced
  10. oversentences
  11. oversentencing

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