photosensitize

Questions about photosensitize

What does photosensitize mean?

photosensitize means "make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light".

How many syllables are in photosensitize?

photosensitize has 5 syllables and divides as pho-to-sen-si-tize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for photosensitize?

Close synonyms include photosensitise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is photosensitize a common word?

photosensitize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.