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syndrome
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syndrome

In medicine, a set of signs and symptoms that always occur together, thus characterizing a particular condition or disorder.



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We must first look at the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) developed by Hans Selye.
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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).
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