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photosensitive

photosensitive adjective: having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light.

Adjective

photosensitive (comparative more photosensitive, superlative most photosensitive)

  1. Having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light.
    Synonyms:
    light-sensitive

photosensitive meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

photosensitive in Tamil

ஒளி உணர், ஒளியுணர்ச்சி, ஒளியுணர்

photosensitive in Indonesian

sensitive to light — see also light-sensitive
peka cahaya

Synonyms of photosensitive

Forms of photosensitive

comparativemore photosensitive
superlativemost photosensitive

Origin of photosensitive

From photo- + sensitive.

Words formed from photosensitive

Phrases with photosensitive

Questions about photosensitive

What does photosensitive mean?
Photosensitive means having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light.
What is photosensitive in Tamil?
Photosensitive in Tamil is ஒளி உணர், ஒளியுணர்ச்சி, ஒளியுணர். See Photosensitive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photosensitive?
Photosensitive is an adjective.

Words near photosensitive in the dictionary

  1. photosensitised
  2. photosensitiser
  3. photosensitisers
  4. photosensitises
  5. photosensitising
  6. photosensitive
  7. photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
  8. photosensitive retinal ganglion cells
  9. photosensitively
  10. photosensitiveness
  11. photosensitivities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photosensitive (page history and authors); photosensitive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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