| 单词 | general adaptation syndrome |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral adaptation syndrome general adaptation syndrome n. Physiology a set of physiological changes believed to occur in response to stressful environmental conditions, initially including increased activity of the adrenal glands and the sympathetic nervous system, with subsequent phases of resistance to the stress followed by exhaustion from it. ΚΠ 1936 H. Selye in Nature 4 July 32/2 Since the syndrome as a whole seems to represent a generalised effort of the organism to adapt itself to new conditions, it might be termed the ‘general adaptation syndrome’. 1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) I. xxxi. 832/1 A great deal has been written about reaction to stress, and these reactions have been described as producing a ‘general adaptation syndrome’. 2000 Healthy Living Feb. 91/1 Scientists speculate that we are increasingly experiencing a ‘general adaptation syndrome’. This syndrome has three phases: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. < as lemmas |
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