"fight-or-flight" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=fight-or-flight}} fight-or-flight (uncountable)
  1. All the coordinated physiological responses that the sympathetic nervous system initiates in response to stress or other emergency situations. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology Synonyms: fight or flight Translations (physiological response to stress or emergency situations): اَلْكَرّ أَوْ اَلْفَرّ (al-karr ʔaw al-farr) (Arabic), pakene tai taistele -reaktio (Finnish), taistele tai pakene -reaktio (Finnish), Kampf oder Flucht (German), vészreakció (Hungarian), alarmreakció (Hungarian), „harcolj vagy menekülj” reakció (Hungarian), „üss vagy fuss” reakció (Hungarian), „küzdj vagy fuss” reakció (Hungarian), berjast-eða-bregðast (Icelandic), جنگ و گریز (jang-o-goriz) (Persian), ستیز و گریز (setiz-o-goriz) (Persian), lutar ou fugir (Portuguese), бей или беги (bej ili begi) (Russian), luchar o huir (Spanish)

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