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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt English deadapt From de- + adapt.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To adapt to a previous form
   • In this experiment it was assumed on hypothesis ( 1 ) that the cells will deadapt or partially deadapt in the absence of caffeine and be required to readapt in its presence. 1960, Journal Canadien de Génétique Et de Cytologie:
   • After prism removal, with continued pointing to visual targets, healthy participants are typically very fast to deadapt and return to baseline accuracy... 2014, Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo, Adan Aguirre, The ventricular-subventricular zone: a source of oligodendrocytes in the adult brain, Frontiers E-books, →ISBN, page 75:
   • This will allow adequate time for patients to deadapt (unmask, detoxify) from chemical exposure and give them time to adapt to the realities of coping with MCS through the program which will be described below. 1997, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Gulf War Syndrome: To Examine New Studies Suggesting Links Between Gulf Service and Higher Rates of Illnesses : Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, January 21, 1997:

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