Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sensitivity | Yes | No | No | No |
sensitization | Yes | No | No | No |
sensitivity (noun) | sensitization (noun) |
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the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences | rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections |
the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations) |
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation | the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen) |
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) | |
susceptibility to a pathogen |