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Reaction
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Reaction
A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally.

reaction
A decline in security prices following a period of rising security prices.

Reaction
A decrease in price following an increase in price. A reaction connotes a slow decline; it is the opposite of a recovery.


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Selye presents the concept that the stress cycle begins in the individual with an alarm reaction to some perceived stress agent and then moves to a resistance stage and, finally, to a stage of exhaustion.
HIT advocates believe that the alarm reaction and the resistance and musculoskeletal adaptation occur from one strength-training session to the next.
These substances, which include pet dander, certain foods, molds and pollens, cause a false alarm reaction because your immune system treats them as invaders, generating large amounts of the disease-fighting protein immunoglobulin E, or IgE, a type of antibody.
 
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