THESAURUS

Hormesis Thesaurus

(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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include xenohormesis, mitohormesis, hormonomics, biostimulation, bioeffect, ectohormone.

Continue With Hormesis

Relationships are shown only after the shared lexical validator accepts them. A suggestion is not automatically an exact replacement.