sensitisation

Other forms of sensitisation

plural

sensitisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sensitisation

What does sensitisation mean?

sensitisation means "the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sensitisation?

sensitisation has 6 syllables: sen-si-ti-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for sensitisation?

Close synonyms include sensitization, sensitization, sensitizing, sensitising, sensitization. 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 sensitisation a common word?

sensitisation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.