adjective
- not made sensitive or responsive to a particular stimulus, allergen, or influence
Usage: medical; scientific
Examples
- The unsensitized skin showed no reaction to the allergen test.
- Researchers used unsensitized laboratory mice for the initial experiment.
- The patient remained unsensitized to the medication after multiple exposures.
- Unsensitized individuals may not develop allergic reactions immediately.
- The control group consisted of unsensitized subjects who had never been exposed to the antigen.
- Her unsensitized immune system did not recognize the foreign protein.