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ACCLIMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acclimation mean?
• ACCLIMATION (noun)
The noun ACCLIMATION has 1 sense:
1. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
Familiarity information: ACCLIMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
acclimation; acclimatisation; acclimatization
Hypernyms ("acclimation" is a kind of...):
adaptation; adaption; adjustment (the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions))
Derivation:
acclimate (get used to a certain climate)
Context examples
A combination of factors including the transition from the liver to the bone marrow for erythropoiesis in a neonate, blood loss experienced during delivery, the shortened life span of fetal blood cells, and an acclimation to a relatively hyperoxic environment outside the womb can predispose a neonate to this condition.
(Anemia of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)
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