alarm reaction

noun

The initial symptoms which the body or another organism experiences when undergoing stress.

Meanings

nounalarm reaction (plural alarm reactions)

plural alarm reactions

  1. medicineThe initial symptoms which the body or another organism experiences when undergoing stress.
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