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conditioned

adj. relating to or describing behavior whose occurrence, form of display, or both is a result of experience. The two main classes of experience resulting in conditioned behavior are operant conditioning and classical conditioning.

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mortality

mortality

n.

1. the state or condition of being subject to illness, decline, and death.

2. the death rate in a population.