Acclimatization: The physiological and behavioral adjustments of an organism to changes in its environment.
Acid: A corrosive solution with a pH less than 7.
acclimatization, biological
Processes, including selection and adaptation, by which a population of micro-organisms develops the ability to degrade a substance, or develops a tolerance to it.
acclimation (acclimatization) Change that occurs in an organism to allow it to tolerate a new environment.
Acclimatization The habituation of an organism's physiological response to environmental conditions (usually applied to natural environments).
individuals with favorable genetically acquired traits breed more prolifically than those lacking these traits (genotypic adaptation), or they may involve non-genetic changes in individuals, such as physiological modification (e.g. acclimatization) ...
 See also: Organism, Residue, Release, Sorption, Environmental
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