sensitize

herkistää, herkistyä

herkistää valolle To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimulus stimuli.
1999, Michael A. Kaliner, 12: Anaphylaxis, Marianne Frieri, Brett Kettelhut (editors), Food Hypersensitivity and Adverse Reactions, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=W913EN5SWwkC&pg=PA257&dq=%22sensitize%22%7C%22sensitizing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=c2f4VKPNLsr28QXOr4DQDA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22sensitize%22%7C%22sensitizing%22&f=false page 257,

Anaphylaxis is the syndrome elicited in a hypersensitive subject upon subsequent exposure to the sensitizing antigen.

Great emphasis should be placed on sensitizing the hands to the feel of the water, and the hands should remain sensitized throughout the workout.(..)Swimmers should sensitize the hands at the beginning of every workout by swimming the first 200 meters with their fists tightly clenched.

Again, I strongly recommend that you sensitize your collodion-coated plates in a tank, rather than a tray, as it is safer, cleaner, and more process-efficient.

Ever since the burglary, weve been more sensitized to home security issues.''