English words for 'Having abnormally low sensitivity.'
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noun
- excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
- an irritable petulant feeling
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
- The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
- (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
verb
- cause not to be sensitive
- make insensitive
- (photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
- (printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- (psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
- To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
- To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
noun
- (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- a sudden outburst of anger
- A thing or person that annoys.
- The state of being irritated.
- A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
- The act of irritating or annoying.
- (physiology) A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.
noun
- (medicine) Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
- An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
- a morbid fear of light
- pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
noun
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a disease of poultry
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- (ornithology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
- (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
adj
- (pathology) more than mild, less than severe
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- Average priced; standard-deal
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not extreme
noun
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- a person who takes a position in the political center
verb
- (intransitive) To become less excessive.
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
- make less fast or intense
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- preside over
- make less strong or intense; soften
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- make less severe or harsh
adj
noun
verb
noun
- the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
- rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
- (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of sensitization.
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
adj
- (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- Amenable.
- Likely to be affected by something.
- Vulnerable.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- easily impressed emotionally
- (often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of
noun
noun
- (medicine, colloquial) Focal neurologic signs; focal neurologic deficits.
- (medicine, colloquial) The results of a neurological examination.
- The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.
- (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders
- the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system
noun
- excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
- an irritable petulant feeling
- a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
- (medicine) A condition of morbid excitability of an organ or part of the body; undue susceptibility to the influence of stimuli.
- The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.
- (physiology) A natural susceptibility, characteristic of all living organisms, tissues, and cells, to the influence of certain stimuli, response being manifested in a variety of ways.
noun
- (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation
- the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland
- the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
- an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- the act of troubling or annoying someone
- a sudden outburst of anger
- A thing or person that annoys.
- The state of being irritated.
- A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
- The act of irritating or annoying.
- (physiology) A state of inflammation or of painful reaction to cell or tissue damage.
noun
- (medicine) Excessive sensitivity to light and the aversion to bright light; abnormal fear of light.
- An aversion to or fear of being photographed, the dissemination of personal photographs, or viewing photographs.
- a morbid fear of light
- pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism)
noun
- a minor nonspecific ailment
- a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)
- a disease of poultry
- a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
- a small hard seed found in some fruits
- Any of various respiratory diseases in birds, especially infectious coryza.
- One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
- A spot of light or an inverted V indicative of a return of radar waves reflected from an object; a blip.
- (finance, currency trading) The smallest price increment between two currencies in foreign exchange (forex) trading.
- A spot; a speck.
- One of the spots or symbols on a playing card, domino, die, etc.
- (US, colloquial) Something or someone excellent, of high quality.
- A piece of rhizome with a dormant shoot of the lily of the valley plant, used for propagation
- (military, public service) One of the stylised version of the Bath star worn on the shoulder of a uniform to denote rank, e.g. of a soldier or a fireman.
verb
- defeat thoroughly
- kill by firing a missile
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- (ornithology) To make the initial hole during the process of hatching from an egg.
- (transitive) To get the better of; to defeat by a narrow margin.
- (transitive) To remove the pips from.
- (transitive) To hit with a gunshot.
- (intransitive) To peep, to chirp.
noun
- the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
- rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
- (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of sensitization.
noun
- (medicine, colloquial) Focal neurologic signs; focal neurologic deficits.
- (medicine, colloquial) The results of a neurological examination.
- The branch of medicine that deals with the disorders of nervous system including the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system and the nerves, muscles, and neuromuscular junction of the peripheral nervous system.
- (neurology) the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and its disorders
- the branch of medical science that deals with the nervous system
verb
- cause not to be sensitive
- make insensitive
- (photography) To render (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive or insensitive to actinic rays of light.
- (printing) To make non-image portions of (a lithographic stone or plate) repellent to ink.
- (psychiatry) To free (someone) from the emotional charge of a neurosis or complex.
- To render (someone) emotionally or sensationally less responsive or irresponsive, as by long or repeated exposure to something.
- To render (a person or animal) nonreactive or insensitive to an allergen.
adj
- (pathology) more than mild, less than severe
- Mediocre
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- Average priced; standard-deal
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
- not extreme
noun
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- a person who takes a position in the political center
verb
- (intransitive) To become less excessive.
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator.
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
- make less fast or intense
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- preside over
- make less strong or intense; soften
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- make less severe or harsh
adj
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
adj
- (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- Amenable.
- Likely to be affected by something.
- Vulnerable.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- easily impressed emotionally
- (often followed by ‘of’ or ‘to’) yielding readily to or capable of