单词 | alarm reaction |
释义 | > as lemmasalarm reaction alarm reaction n. Physiology and Zoology the physiological response to stress in many vertebrates, mediated largely by hormones; (also) any behavioural response elicited by fear or by an alarm pheromone. ΚΠ 1936 H. Selye in Canad. Med. Assoc. Jrnl. 34 706/1 For the sake of brevity, we shall refer to this syndrome in general as ‘the alarm reaction’. 1949 Sci. Amer. Mar. 20/2 All these nonchemical types of stress elicited in the animals the same unmistakable ‘alarm reaction’. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xix. 346/1 The alarm reaction spreads as additional individuals detect the alarm substance... Many fishes show an alarm reaction. 2008 N. Draper & C. Hodgson Adventure Sport Physiol. v. 179/2 The body responds to a situation of stress by first showing alarm reaction i.e. shock to body and muscle soreness. < as lemmas |
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