adaptation syndrome
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Related to adaptation syndrome: local adaptation syndrome, Space adaptation syndrome
adaptation syndrome
(1) General adaptation syndrome, see there.(2) Space adaptation syndrome, see there.
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adaptation syndrome
The psychological and hormonal responses to acute stress, such as severe injury, or to prolonged stress. The immediate shock reaction, featuring release of cortisols and adrenaline, is followed by a phase of increasing adaptation to the injured state and then either by healing or by bodily decline.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005