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syndrome
(redirected from General adaptation syndrome)

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syndrome
Med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder

syndrome [′sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A group of signs and symptoms which together characterize a disease. Also known as complex.


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We must first look at the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) developed by Hans Selye.
Selye defined stress as "the nonspecific response of the body to any demand" and described the stages of stress, called the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), in his book Stress Without Distress (1974).
Hans Selye published his classic text, The Strees of Life, he probably had no idea that strength and conditioning coaches would one day reference his proposed General Adaptation Syndrome (G.
 
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