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Sensitive vs Radiosensitizer - What's the difference?

sensitive | radiosensitizer |

As nouns the difference between sensitive and radiosensitizer

is that sensitive is one with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive while radiosensitizer is any drug that makes tumour cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.

As an adjective sensitive

is having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.

sensitive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
  • *, III.1.2.i:
    • The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
  • Responsive to stimuli.
  • Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
    • Max is very sensitive ; he cried today because of the bad news.
  • Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
    • Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
  • Accurate (instrument).

    • Derived terms

    * sensitively * sensitiveness * sensitivity

    Related terms

    * sense

    Synonyms

    * tender * nesh * precise * compassionate * caring * aware

    Antonyms

    * insensitive * stoic * uncaring * resistant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
  • * 2003 , Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
    • Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.
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    radiosensitizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia radiosensitizer)
  • Any drug that makes tumour cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.