de·con·di·tion

(dē′kən-dĭsh′ən)

v. de·con·di·tioned, de·con·di·tion·ing, de·con·di·tions

v.tr.

1. Psychology To cause (a conditioned response) to become extinct.

2. To cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.

v.intr.

To lose physical fitness.

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deconditioned

adj fuera de forma

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I also worry that we might not even be caring about violence because we have been deconditioned. Patients confined to the bed for a long time, without exercise, may end up not being able to walk.

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"He's deconditioned because he hasn't played a lot of football.

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But don't become deconditioned through lack of exercise--keep active, walking around your home, and marching on the spot.

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