habituation
(hă″bich′oo-ā′shŏn)
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1. The process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus as a result of frequent exposure or use.
2. The newborn's unconscious suppression or extinction of automatic physiological responses to selective levels of commonly experienced stimuli, such as environmental noise.
SYN: SEE: acclimatization
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Habituation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762999/all/habituation.
Habituation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762999/all/habituation. Accessed October 3, 2024.
Habituation. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762999/all/habituation
Habituation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 03]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/762999/all/habituation.
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