hyposensitize
hyposensitize — 動詞
- hyposensitizepresent simple I / you / we / they
- hyposensitizes3rd person singular
- hyposensitizing-ing form
- hyposensitizedpast simple
1. in medicine, to slowly make a person's body react less strongly to something the
減敏；脫敏
藉小量反覆接觸以降低過敏反應
in medicine, to slowly make a person's body react less strongly to something they are allergic to, usually by giving small repeated doses over months or years.
Dr. Padma decided to hyposensitize Ezra against bee stings after his second emergency room visit.
在 Ezra 第二次掛急診之後，Padma 醫師決定為他進行蜂螫的減敏治療。
hyposensitize + [person] + against + [allergen]
The clinic uses tiny weekly injections to hyposensitize children who react badly to grass pollen.
這間診所利用每週的微量注射，幫對牧草花粉反應嚴重的孩童進行減敏。
typical method: weekly injections to + hyposensitize + [patient group]
It took almost three years of treatment to fully hyposensitize Andrei to cat dander.
花了將近三年的治療，才完全讓 Andrei 對貓皮屑脫敏。
Researchers are testing a pill that might hyposensitize patients to peanut protein within six months.
研究人員正在測試一種藥丸，可能在六個月內讓病患對花生蛋白脫敏。
Allergists often hyposensitize hay-fever sufferers before the spring pollen season arrives.
過敏科醫師常在春季花粉季來臨前，先幫花粉症患者進行減敏。
- desensitize
broader; covers both allergy treatment and general loss of sensitivity (e.g. emotional)
- immunize
prevents infection by a pathogen, not allergic reactions to harmless substances
- sensitize
to make someone react more strongly, the opposite of this medical process
文法句型
hyposensitize + [person] + (against/to + allergen)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a doctor, clinic, or treatment; object is the patient or, less often, the immune system. Often paired with 'against' or 'to' plus the allergen. British-leaning spelling 'hyposensitise' also appears.