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- noun Plural form of
sensitization .
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Examples
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In one study, discussed this month at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in New Orleans, researchers tracked season duration and prevalence of sensitizations for five types of pollens in one region of Italy from 1981 to 2007.
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The investigators found that 35.5 percent of individuals had food sensitizations.
Black children twice as likely to have food allergies, especially peanuts 2011
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Cocaine-induced behavioral sensitizations and kindling: Implications for the emergence of psychopathology and seizures.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Although usually considered as minor allergens, sensitization to panallergens might be problematic as it bears the risk of developing multiple sensitizations.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Michael Hauser 2010
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More accurately, vaccinations cause hyper-sensitizations.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Do multiple sensitizations change particle size / distribution?
DCist 2008
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The biggest fear is the one we seldom hear whispered, though there have been three 'plots' or de-sensitizations of the possibility Barack Obama won't live to be inaugurated.
WordPress.com News 2008
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