English Explanatory Dictionary

hormesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

hormesis hormeses

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὅρμησις (hórmēsis), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ).

Related words

hormetin mithridatism the dose makes the poison

Derived words

mitohormesis neurohormesis xenohormesis
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