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sensitize to
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sensitize someone to something 
1. to make a person have an allergic reaction to something. Frequent exposure to the chemical sensitized Harry to it and made him get a rash. He became sensitized to pet dander.
2. to make someone more thoughtful and receptive to something. We want to sensitize you to the feelings of other people. He never became sensitized to the needs of others.


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He was addressing media men at a workshop organized by CCP to sensitize journalists on the Competition Laws and the Powers of the Competition Commission of Pakistan.
CETUXIMAB DOES NOT SENSITIZE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA CELL LINES TO IONIZING RADIATION IN VITRO.
Specifically, the invention provides compositions and methods to sensitize cells to DNA-damaging agents by abrogating the cell cycle G2 checkpoint.
 
 
 
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