post-conditioning
|post-con-di-tion-ing|
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/poʊst kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/
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/pəʊst kənˈdɪʃ(ə)nɪŋ/
after-treatment to alter response
Etymology
'post-conditioning' originates from Latin and English elements: the prefix 'post-' (from Latin 'post' meaning 'after') combined with 'conditioning' (from English 'condition' + '-ing', where 'condition' ultimately derives from Latin 'condicio'/'conditio').
'post-' (Latin) + 'conditioning' (from English 'condition' < Old French 'condition' < Latin 'condicio') combined in modern English to form the compound 'post-conditioning' (often used in medical literature in the 20th–21st centuries).
Initially, 'condition' related to 'terms' or 'state' (from Latin 'condicio'), but over time 'conditioning' took on the specialized sense of producing or modifying a physiological state or response; thus 'post-conditioning' now means 'an intervention after an event that modifies biological response.'
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a therapeutic or experimental procedure applied immediately after reperfusion or an injurious event that uses brief, intermittent cycles (e.g., ischemia/reperfusion) to reduce tissue damage and improve recovery; commonly used in cardiology and neuroscience as 'ischemic post-conditioning.'
Ischemic post-conditioning reduced infarct size in several animal studies.
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