desensitization

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English sensitive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sensitize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sensitization English desensitization From de- + sensitization.

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: insensibilització — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Galician: insensibilización — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• German: Desensibilisierung — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Greek: απευαισθητοποίηση (apevaisthitopoíisi) — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Russian: сниже́ние чувствительности (snižénije čuvstvitelʹnosti) — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Russian: поте́ря чувствительности (potérja čuvstvitelʹnosti) — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Russian: десенсибилизация (desensibilizacija) — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Spanish: insensibilización — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation
• Swedish: avtrubbning — the act or process of desensitizing, of dulling or reducing sensation