1. to accustom or adapt (a person or organism) to a new climate or environment

Examples

• The athlete climatizes to high altitude by training at elevated elevations for several weeks.
• It takes time for new residents to climatize to the tropical heat and humidity.
• The research team climatizes the laboratory animals before beginning the study.
• She gradually climatizes herself to the cold weather by spending more time outdoors each day.
• Plants climatize to their new growing conditions over the course of a season.