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What does photosensitivity mean?

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Noun
  1. sensitivity to light, especially a heightened response to light
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The onset of photosensitivity occurred following a sunlamp session in which the lamp exploded while being used.
He was invalided home with an intolerable rash, which was diagnosed as the then unusual mepacrine photosensitivity.
Porphyria cutanea tarda presents with photosensitivity, skin fragility, bruising, and vesicles and bullae that can become hemorrhagic.
As with many psychoactive drugs, tachycardia is also prevalent with deliriant use, as is photosensitivity due to enlarged pupils.
However, games featuring patterns of flashing lights and repetitive pattern images may trigger seizures in people with photosensitivity.
Both black and white and color film photochemistry relies predominantly on the photosensitivity of microcystalline grains of silver halides.

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