hormeses

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A form of hormesis — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hormesis
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