maladaptation
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of maladaptation
First recorded in 1875–80; mal- + adaptation
Example Sentences
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The development of PT maladaptation markers required analysis of plasma proteome in patients having cardiac surgery and in marathon runners who may have suffered exercise-related AKI.
From Science Daily
This PT maladaptation process offers an opportunity to identify noninvasive markers in blood or urine that can better and more safely predict AKI and manage treatment.
From Science Daily
Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”
From Scientific American
CrossFit, then, “is one component of how to change the behaviors of adults, in an attempt to reverse our maladaptation to our current circumstances.”
From Slate
This would lead to maladaptation.
From Scientific American
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