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    [Noun]  | "coun*ter*ad*ap*ta*tion" | \ ˌkau̇n-tər-ˌa-ˌdap-ˈtā-shən \


    1: adaptation of an organism (as in modification of behavior, physiology, or form) in response to an adaptation of another organism with which it regularly interacts; also : a favorable trait that arises as a result of counteradaptation

    2: opposition to the effect of a drug or stimulus that is hypothesized to develop in an organism as a mechanism to maintain homeostasis


    Origin: 1916 ;

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