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desensitize
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de·sen·si·tize (d-sns-tz)
v.
1. To render insensitive or less sensitive, as a nerve or tooth.
2. To make an individual nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.
3. To make a person emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks.

desensitize
[dēsen′sitīz]
Etymology: L, de + sentire, to feel
1 (in immunology) to render an individual insensitive or less sensitive to any of the various antigens.
2 (in psychiatry) to relieve an emotionally disturbed person of the stress of phobias and neuroses by encouraging discussion of the anxieties and the stressful experiences that cause the emotional problems involved.
3 (in dentistry) to remove or reduce the painful response of vital exposed dentin to irritating substances and temperature changes.

desensitize
1. to deprive of sensation.
2. to subject to desensitization.


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