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rest-and-digest

rest-and-digest noun: the physiological response that the parasympathetic nervous system initiates when recovering from fight-or-flight.

Noun

rest-and-digest (uncountable)

  1. The physiological response that the parasympathetic nervous system initiates when recovering from fight-or-flight.

Questions about rest-and-digest

What does rest-and-digest mean?
Rest-and-digest means the physiological response that the parasympathetic nervous system initiates when recovering from fight-or-flight.
What part of speech is rest-and-digest?
Rest-and-digest is a noun.

Words near rest-and-digest in the dictionary

  1. rest strokes
  2. rest up
  3. rest upon
  4. rest't
  5. rest, residue and remainder
  6. rest-and-digest
  7. rest-harrow
  8. rest.
  9. restabilisation
  10. restabilisations
  11. restabilise

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