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The term condition has a number of biomedical meanings including the following:
- An unhealthy state; such as, in "this is a progressive condition".
- A state of fitness; such as, "getting into condition".
- Something which is essential to the occurrence of something else; essentially, a "precondition".
- As a verb: to cause a change in something so that a response that was previously associated with a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus; to condition a person, as in behavioral conditioning.
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condition (s), conditions (pl) (noun forms)
(a suffix that forms abstract and collective nouns added to adjectives to show state or condition; added to nouns to show a position, rank, or realm of; all of those who are part of a group or organization)
(A suffix forming nouns meaning: quality or condition: partnership; act, power, or skill: workmanship; relation between: friendship; office, position, or occupation: governorship; number: readership)