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How to pronounce “hormesis”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of hormesis with real speech in context.
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- Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
So the science of-- so this is the science of hormesis.
- Definition summary
- (biology, toxicology) 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.
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How to pronounce hormesis
Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

So the science of-- so this is the science of hormesis.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (biology, toxicology) 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.
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