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hypersensitize
verb[ T ]
(alsohyper-sensitize); (UK usually hypersensitise, hyper-sensitise)uk /ˌhaɪ.pəˈsen.sɪ.taɪz/ us /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈsen.sə.taɪz/
to make someone extremely sensitive to (= easily influenced, changed, or damaged by) something:
A previous painful experience might hypersensitize some people, making them more likely to perceive pain.
The test is occasionally for identification of substances to which a dog has become hyper-sensitised.
The condition results in a hypersensitized larynx, with the result that problems which ordinarily would not cause a cough in normal patients will now cause a persistent cough.
This ingredient in chilli peppers is a prohibited substance in horseracing because of its pain-relieving and hypersensitizing properties.
The main character is almost paralyzed by his hypersensitized feelings.
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