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radiosensitize

radiosensitize verb: to use a drug to make a patient more sensitive to radiation therapy.

Verb

radiosensitize (third-person singular simple present radiosensitizes, present participle radiosensitizing, simple past and past participle radiosensitized)

  1. To use a drug to make a patient more sensitive to radiation therapy

Forms of radiosensitize

third-person singular presentradiosensitizes
present participleradiosensitizing
past participleradiosensitized
pastradiosensitized

Origin of radiosensitize

From radio- + sensitize.

Words formed from radiosensitize

Questions about radiosensitize

What does radiosensitize mean?
Radiosensitize means to use a drug to make a patient more sensitive to radiation therapy.
What part of speech is radiosensitize?
Radiosensitize is a verb.
What is the past tense of radiosensitize?
The past tense of radiosensitize is radiosensitized.

Words near radiosensitize in the dictionary

  1. radiosensitiveness
  2. radiosensitivities
  3. radiosensitivity
  4. radiosensitization
  5. radiosensitizations
  6. radiosensitize
  7. radiosensitized
  8. radiosensitizer
  9. radiosensitizers
  10. radiosensitizes
  11. radiosensitizing

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