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† horˈmetic, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. Gr. ὁρµητικός, f. ὁρµά-ειν (vbl. adj. ὁρµητ-ός) to urge on, impel: see -ic.]
Having the property of exciting or impelling. Hence † horˈmetically adv., by impulse.
1666J. Smith Old Age (1676) 62 [The muscles] By their hormetick power and contraction into their own bodies..can readily perform whatsoever motion the Organ is capable of. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iii. §18. 161 The plastick nature, acting neither by knowledge nor by animal fancy, neither electively nor hormetically.
▸ Biol. Of, relating to, or characterized by hormesis.
1943C. M. Southam & J. Ehrlich in Phytopathology 33 520 The term hormesis (adj. hormetic) is proposed to designate such a stimulatory effect of subinhibitory concentrations of any toxic substance on any organism. 1960Science 23 Dec. 1892/3 The more important problem is how the hormetic action of an esential nutrient can be distinguished from its nutritive action. 1987Health Physics 52 607 The exposure level reported to induce such effects is about an order of magnitude greater than that reported for similar hormetic responses in animals. 2005Daily Mail (Nexis) 3 May 41 This gap between beneficial stress and harmful stress is called the ‘hormetic window’. If you can find it and build it into your daily life, you can really reap the benefits. |