sensitive (redirected from sensitiveness)

sensitive /sen·si·tive/ (sen´si-tiv)

1. able to receive or respond to stimuli.

2. unusually responsive to stimulation, or responding quickly and acutely.

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sen·si·tive (sns-tv)

adj.

1. Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses.

2. Responsive to a stimulus.

3. Susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others.

4. Easily irritated or inflamed, especially due to previous exposure to an antigen.

5. Relating to, or characterizing a sensitized antigen.

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sensitive (sen´sitiv),

adj able to receive or transmit a sensation; capable of feeling or responding to a sensation.

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sensitive

1. able to receive or respond to stimuli.

2. unusually responsive to stimulation, or responding quickly and acutely.

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sensitive vessel syndrome

temporary engorgement of conjunctival blood vessels in the absence of disease. Seen most commonly in small dogs and cats.