Usually means: Reduced sensitivity through repeated exposure.
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  1. desensitization: Merriam-Webster
  2. desensitization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desensitization: Collins English Dictionary
  4. desensitization: Vocabulary.com
  5. Desensitization, desensitization: Wordnik
  6. desensitization: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. desensitization: Wiktionary
  8. desensitization: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. desensitization: Dictionary.com
  10. Desensitization (medicine), Desensitization (pharmacology), Desensitization (psychology), Desensitization (telecommunications), Desensitization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. desensitization: Rhymezone
  12. desensitization: FreeDictionary.org
  13. desensitization: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. desensitization: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

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  1. desensitization: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. desensitization: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Desensitization: Diabetes Dictionary
  5. Desensitization (immunotherapy): Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Desensitization: GLOSSARY OF ALLERGY TERMS
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Diabetes Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  12. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  13. desensitization: Medical dictionary
  14. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. desensitization: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See desensitize as well.)

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noun:  The act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation.

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