increased sensitivity

collocation in English

meaningsofincreaseandsensitivity

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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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sensitivity
noun
uk
/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofincreaseandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Increasedsensitivityof the elderly to the effects of diazepam.
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The elderly appear to have anincreasedsensitivityto opiates.
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In accordance with evidence from the literature, our study suggests anincreasedsensitivityto heparin.
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Possibly,increasedsensitivityto phonology overrides the default mechanism for regularisation.
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In conclusion, this comparative study demonstratedincreasedsensitivityto oxygen of the metronidazole-resistant trichomonads.
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The present study examined whether this blunting resulted anincreasedsensitivityto caregiver stress over time.
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There is anincreasedsensitivityto the images of men and women that our languages create and reflect.
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These studies showed that even limited bilingualism translated intoincreasedsensitivityto sounds, at least for a short time.
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Increasedsensitivityfor correlating poorly resolved proton multiplets to carbon-13 using selective or semi-selective pulses.
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Male worms are smaller than female worms (fig. 2), and theirincreasedsensitivityto crowding is consistent with both findings.
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One outcome of thisincreasedsensitivityto stress is that such individuals are rendered more vulnerable to psychopathology.
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As wild poliovirus disappears,increasedsensitivityprovided by a second stool specimen may reduce the risk of missing circulating virus.
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The assumption that there is a critical time window characterised by anincreasedsensitivityto outside influences on musical taste is supported by various studies.
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The second specimenincreasedsensitivityby 15 % overall and contributed more when the first specimen was collected late or was in poor condition.
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Furthermore, such systems exhibitincreasedsensitivityto initial conditions and parameter values resulting in small changes to parameters and producing different overall behaviour patterns.
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Cerebral imagery of perceptual integration based analysis, which offers anincreasedsensitivityto task-related effects compared to standard voxel-based statistical analysis.
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At the same time, numerous and diverse studies indicate that a bilingual's increased competence in the component languages correlates withincreasedsensitivityto code-switching norms.
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Increased amygdala volume may index some genetic trait such asincreasedsensitivityto threat cues, which could create a vulnerability for pediatric generalized anxiety disorder.
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The reported worsening of guilt may also suggest a cognitive effect, reflecting study subjects'increasedsensitivityto their state and their surroundings.
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Secondly, theincreasedsensitivityto stress in the relatives could possibly be attributed mainly to the six relatives with a lifetime diagnosis of major depression.
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Theincreasedsensitivityto hypoxemia during severe hypoglycemia suggests that a switch from oxidative to glycolytic metabolism ordinarily protects the retina from moderate hypoxemia.
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Anincreasedsensitivityto the varying stress patterns of the primes was demonstrated by the right-hemisphere damaged patient group, however.
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In comparison to the non-sensitive controls, amalgam sensitive subjects reportedincreasedsensitivity to various neutral or noxious environmental stimuli (such as diverse dental materials, electrosmog and chemicals).
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That smacks to me either ofincreasedsensitivityor an attempt to intimidate his opponents.
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