Meanings
noundeacclimatization (uncountable)
- uncountableacclimatization to an original climate or system (after being acclimatized to another)
After completion of the first half of the study, subjects returned to sea level for one month to insure deacclimatization.
2016 January 5, “Ibuprofen Blunts Ventilatory Acclimatization to Sustained Hypoxia in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Old Frencha-
- Frencha-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
- Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
- Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
- Ancient Greekκλῐ́μᾰ (klĭ́mă)
- Latinclima
- Middle Frenchclimat
- Frenchclimat
- Frenchacclimater
- Englishacclimate
- Englishacclimatize
- Englishacclimatization
- Englishdeacclimatization
From de- + acclimatization.
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APA
deacclimatization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deacclimatization
MLA
“deacclimatization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deacclimatization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deacclimatization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deacclimatization.
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