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countercondition

countercondition verb: to condition by means of counterconditioning.

Verb

countercondition (third-person singular simple present counterconditions, present participle counterconditioning, simple past and past participle counterconditioned)

  1. To condition by means of counterconditioning.
    • In general, cats should be counterconditioned to any procedure they may need to endure now or later in life so that they learn to like it.2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 44

Forms of countercondition

third-person singular presentcounterconditions
present participlecounterconditioning
past participlecounterconditioned
pastcounterconditioned

Origin of countercondition

From counter- + condition.

Questions about countercondition

What does countercondition mean?
Countercondition means to condition by means of counterconditioning.
What part of speech is countercondition?
Countercondition is a verb.
What is the past tense of countercondition?
The past tense of countercondition is counterconditioned.

Words near countercondition in the dictionary

  1. counterconcepts
  2. counterconclusion
  3. counterconclusions
  4. countercondemnation
  5. countercondemnations
  6. countercondition
  7. counterconditioned
  8. counterconditioning
  9. counterconquest
  10. counterconquests
  11. counterconspiracies

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