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stress response

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stress response,
n physiologic response to stress; comprises three phases. The fight-or-flight response is the first phase, in which the sympathetic nervous system is activated, increasing heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure. In the second phase the organism adapts to the source of stress. The third and final phase is exhaustion. Also called
general adaptation syndrome.

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