Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

General Adaptation Syndrome

The sum of all nonspecific systemic reactions of the body to long-continued exposure to systemic stress.

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Abstract

The sum of all nonspecific systemic reactions of the body to long-continued exposure to systemic stress.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Adaptation Syndrome, General
  • Adaptation Syndromes, General
  • General Adaptation Syndromes
  • Syndrome, General Adaptation
  • Syndromes, General Adaptation

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

91(75); was see under STRESS 1975-90; was see under STRESS & ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL 1963-74

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NLM Classification

QT 162.S8

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. General Adaptation Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005790. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005790
  2. General Adaptation Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10864060