desensitize

“One of the things that we teach them to do is to massage that over repeatedly throughout the day, to desensitize it,” April says.

For example, some research suggests that repeated exposure to violent language from political leaders can desensitize individuals to violence, leading to its normalization in everyday life.

"If we can increase levels of GDF15 before someone becomes pregnant, that might desensitize them, similar to how we try to desensitize people to allergens who have severe allergies," says Fejzo.

"The G90D mutation in rhodopsin is known to produce background electrical noise to desensitize rods, but the nature of the 'noise' and its precise molecular source have not been resolved for almost 30 years," Yau says.

For young children and people who have to take many different allergy medications, immunotherapies in the form of shots and oral drops can help desensitize the immune system to allergens, treating symptoms at their root.