photosensitization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

photo- +‎ sensitization

Noun[edit]

photosensitization (countable and uncountable, plural photosensitizations)

  1. The acquisition of photosensitivity
  2. (chemistry) The transfer of a photon from one excited state to another, which then undergoes a reaction
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