photosensitize
American Heritage Dictionary:
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pho·to·sen·si·tize
(fō'tō-sĕn'sĭ-tīz') 
tr.v., -tized, -tiz·ing, -tiz·es.
To make (an organism, a cell, or a substance) photosensitive.
photosensitizer pho'to·sen'si·tiz'er n.
tr.v., -tized, -tiz·ing, -tiz·es.
To make (an organism, a cell, or a substance) photosensitive.
photosensitizer pho'to·sen'si·tiz'er n.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
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pho·to·sen·si·tize
(fō'tō-sĕn'sĭ-tīz')
v., -tized, -tiz·ing, -tiz·es.
v., -tized, -tiz·ing, -tiz·es.
To make an organism, a cell, or a substance photosensitive.
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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photosensitize
or photosensitise
- to render photosensitive; see photosensitivity.
- to render a target molecule more reactive (e.g. more easily oxidized) by the addition to it of a second type of molecule, often a dye, that absorbs light energy and transfers it to the target molecule.
| photosensitivity, photorespiration, photoreduction | |
| photosensitizer, photosuicide inhibitor, photosynthate |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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photosensitizing
Causing photosensitivity.
- p. plants. — some plants carry primary photodynamic agents, e.g. Hypericum perforatum. Others are hepatotoxic or carry mycotoxin-producing fungi that are, and are indirectly photosensitizing in that they interfere with the excretion of phylloerythrin through the animal's biliary system.
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