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photosensitize

photosensitize verb: to make something photosensitive.

Verb

photosensitize (third-person singular simple present photosensitizes, present participle photosensitizing, simple past and past participle photosensitized)

  1. (transitive) to make something photosensitive

Forms of photosensitize

third-person singular presentphotosensitizes
present participlephotosensitizing
past participlephotosensitized
pastphotosensitized

Origin of photosensitize

From photo- + sensitize.

Questions about photosensitize

What does photosensitize mean?
Photosensitize means to make something photosensitive.
What part of speech is photosensitize?
Photosensitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of photosensitize?
The past tense of photosensitize is photosensitized.

Words near photosensitize in the dictionary

  1. photosensitiveness
  2. photosensitivities
  3. photosensitivity
  4. photosensitization
  5. photosensitizations
  6. photosensitize
  7. photosensitized
  8. photosensitizer
  9. photosensitizers
  10. photosensitizes
  11. photosensitizing

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