National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Conditioning

Synonyms

conditioned response

Conditioned

Conditioning

Definitions

Generally refers to relative simple learning situations in which a stimulus initially incapable of evoking a certain response acquires the ability to do so by repeated pairing with another stimulus that does elicit the response.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C41258

ALT_DEFINITION

A type of learning in which repeated exposure to something may affect a person's behavior when they encounter an unrelated object, sound, or smell that occurred at the same time as the initial exposure. For example, a patient who always feels sick after receiving chemotherapy in a clinic that smells a certain way may be conditioned to feel sick when smelling the same odor in a different place.

code

C41258

DEFINITION

Generally refers to relative simple learning situations in which a stimulus initially incapable of evoking a certain response acquires the ability to do so by repeated pairing with another stimulus that does elicit the response.

FULL_SYN

conditioned response

Conditioned

Conditioning

label

Conditioning

Legacy Concept Name

Conditioning

Preferred_Name

Conditioning

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C41258

Semantic_Type

Functional Concept

UMLS_CUI

C0009647

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25404

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