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counteradaptation

Noun

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adaptation that counters a change to an organism's environment
(pharmacology) The development of tolerance; the adaptation of the body's homeostatic mechanisms to counteract a drug effect.

(biology) The evolutionary adaptation of one species to adaptive changes by another.

(psychology) The distortion of one sensory modality that accompanies adaptation to alterations in a perceptual cues from a related modality.

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