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counteradaptation

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English counteradaptation From counter- + adaptation.

  1. derived from adaptō
  2. derived from adaptātiō
  3. borrowed from adaptation
  4. prefixed as counteradaptation — “counter + adaptation”

Definitions

  1. adaptation that counters a change to an organism's environment

    • Repeated AOD exposure also can lead to adaptations in the reward circuitry that oppose and neutralize a drug's effects (i.e., counteradaptation).
    • Counteradaptation postulates that the initial positive rewarding feelings are followed by the opposing development of tolerance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for counteradaptation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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