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habituate

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ha·bit·u·ate (h-bch-t)
v.
1. To accustom by frequent repetition or prolonged exposure.
2. To cause physiological or psychological habituation, as to a drug.
3. To experience psychological habituation.


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But most healthy people can habituate themselves to living in hotter and more humid conditions.
In a second session, the foetus "remembers" the stimulus and the number of stimuli needed for the foetus to habituate is then much smaller.
Orphaned or abandoned young wildlife require specific care so they don't habituate and imprint to humans.
 
 
 
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