adaptation syndrome

noun

: the defensive response of the body through the endocrine system to systemic injury evoked by stresses and worked out by an initial stage of shock, a stage of growing resistance or adaptation, and a stage of healing or of becoming exhausted if adaptation fails see alarm reaction

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1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of adaptation syndrome was in 1938

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“Adaptation syndrome.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adaptation%20syndrome. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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