Photosensitizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The action of causing a material to become more reactive to light involves adjusting its chemical structure to enhance photochemical reactions
2. Transforming a substance to respond to light entails modifying its attributes so that it experiences changes when illuminated
3. Causes a substance to exhibit increased sensitivity to light by altering its properties to promote a stronger response to illumination

Etymology: This is an inflected form: the third-person singular present of "photosensitize", meaning it describes one subject that makes something light-sensitive. The base verb is built from "photo-", from Ancient Greek "phōs" (genitive "phōtos"), meaning light, and "sensitize", which turns "sensitive" into a verb meaning to make responsive to something. Put together, the word describes a process that renders a material, cell or skin reactive to light.