"photosensitive" meaning in English

See photosensitive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more photosensitive [comparative], most photosensitive [superlative]
Etymology: From photo- + sensitive. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|photo|sensitive}} photo- + sensitive Head templates: {{en-adj}} photosensitive (comparative more photosensitive, superlative most photosensitive)
  1. having a reaction to, or able to be affected by, light Wikipedia link: photosensitive Synonyms: light-sensitive Derived forms: intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell, photosensitiveness, photosensitive retinal ganglion cell Related terms: photosensitivity, phototoxic Translations (sensitive to light — see also light-sensitive): светлочувствителен (svetločuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), valoherkkä (Finnish), valonarka (Finnish), fotosensible [feminine, masculine] (Galician), lichtempfindlich (German), fényérzékeny (Hungarian), peka cahaya (Indonesian), fótamhothálach (Irish), światłoczuły (Polish), fotossensível (Portuguese), fotosensible (Spanish)
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