verb
- made sensitive again after a period of reduced sensitivity
Usage: past tense and past participle of resensitize; often used in medical or scientific contexts
Examples
- The patient was resensitized to the allergen after avoiding it for months.
- The nerve endings were resensitized following the treatment.
- After the therapy, her skin was resensitized to touch.
- The researchers resensitized the cells to the drug’s effects.
- His immune system was gradually resensitized to the substance.
- The treatment successfully resensitized the damaged tissue.