Etymology

hormesis

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Today it means: A phenomenon in which an environmental agent or stressor produces a stimulatory or beneficial effect at low doses and an inhibitory or harmful effect at higher doses, corresponding to a biphasic dose-response relationship. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὅρμησις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁρμή
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὅρμησις
  3. English todayhormesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὅρμησις (hórmēsis), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁρμή all →

hormichormogonium

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