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cross-adaptation
cross-adaptation Cross-adaptation is a protective effect in which prior exposure to one mild stressor reduces the harmful impact of a different later stressor.
Cross-adaptation is a protective effect in which prior exposure to one mild stressor reduces the harmful impact of a different later stressor. In this source, mild heat shock made later metal exposure less damaging to neurobehavior in nematodes.