Sensitisation vs. Sensitization

Sensitisationnoun

(British spelling) sensitization

Sensitizationnoun

The process of making something sensitive.

Sensitisationnoun

the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)

Sensitizationnoun

the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)

Sensitisationnoun

(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

Sensitizationnoun

(psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)

Sensitisationnoun

rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

Sensitizationnoun

rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections

Sensitization

Sensitization is a non-associative learning process in which repeated administration of a stimulus results in the progressive amplification of a response. Sensitization often is characterized by an enhancement of response to a whole class of stimuli in addition to the one that is repeated.