fight-or-flight
fight-or-flight noun: all the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.
Noun
fight-or-flight (uncountable)
- All the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.
fight-or-flight meaning in Arabic, Malay, Indonesian and Persian
fight-or-flight in Arabic
- physiological response to stress or emergency situations
- اَلْكَرّ أَوْ اَلْفَرّ al-karr ʔaw al-farr
fight-or-flight in Malay
- physiological response to stress or emergency situations
- respons lari atau lawan
fight-or-flight in Indonesian
- physiological response to stress or emergency situations
- respons lawan atau lari
fight-or-flight in Persian
- physiological response to stress or emergency situations
- جنگ و گریز jang-o-goriz, ستیز و گریز setiz-o-goriz
Forms of fight-or-flight
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Questions about fight-or-flight
- What does fight-or-flight mean?
- Fight-or-flight means all the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations.
- What is fight-or-flight in Arabic?
- Fight-or-flight in Arabic is اَلْكَرّ أَوْ اَلْفَرّ (al-karr ʔaw al-farr). See Fight-or-flight meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is fight-or-flight?
- Fight-or-flight is a noun.
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