verb
- reducing or decreasing sensitivity or responsiveness to a stimulus, allergen, or irritant through gradual exposure or treatment
Usage: medical/immunological context; present participle or gerund form of 'hyposensitize'
adjective
- serving to reduce or decrease sensitivity; relating to the process of hyposensitization
Usage: medical/clinical context
Examples
- The allergist is hyposensitizing the patient to pollen through a series of injections.
- Hyposensitizing therapy has helped many people with severe allergies manage their symptoms.
- The treatment involves hyposensitizing the immune system to the specific allergen.
- Doctors are hyposensitizing patients by gradually increasing doses of the allergen extract.
- This hyposensitizing approach is also known as immunotherapy.
- The hyposensitizing process typically takes several months to show results.