hormesis (English, noun)
expansion: hormesis (countable and uncountable, plural hormeses)
Senses:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
toxicology
glosses: 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.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: hormeses
tags: plural