- to restore to a former or normal condition
- to alter or undo (a conditioned response)
decondition
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decondition
verb
de·con·di·tioned, de·con·di·tion·ing, de·con·di·tionsverb
transitive- Psychology To cause (a conditioned response) to become extinct.
- To cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.
verb
intransitiveTo lose physical fitness.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present deconditions, present participle deconditioning, simple past and past participle deconditioned)
- To adapt to a less demanding environment than that to which one was previously conditioned.
- Deconditioning due to decreased physical effort results in muscle loss, including heart muscles.
Origin
de- + condition
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decondition - Medical Definition
v.
- Psychology To cause a conditioned response to become extinct.
- To decline or cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.
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