ACCLIMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acclimation mean? 

• ACCLIMATION (noun)
  The noun ACCLIMATION has 1 sense:

1. adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

  Familiarity information: ACCLIMATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCLIMATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

acclimation; acclimatisation; acclimatization

Hypernyms ("acclimation" is a kind of...):

adaptation; adaption; adjustment (the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions))

Derivation:

acclimate (get used to a certain climate)

 Context examples 

A combination of factors including the transition from the liver to the bone marrow for erythropoiesis in a neonate, blood loss experienced during delivery, the shortened life span of fetal blood cells, and an acclimation to a relatively hyperoxic environment outside the womb can predispose a neonate to this condition.

(Anemia of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)