stressor

IPA: strˈɛsɝ

(psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.

Examples of "stressor" in Sentences

A majorly acute stressor which is his mom passing.
Long after the "stressor" is removed, the ACOA lives as if it is still present.
So, that was pretty much expected that there would be some kind of stressor like that.
"It's a long-term stressor, the damage is done even if it's capped," Dr. Johnson explained.
While you shouldn't deny yourself natural grieving moments, learning to direct your attention away from the stressor is a powerful coping mechanism.
An ice storm isn't the same kind of stressor that people encounter in everyday life, and the women in the ice-storm study don't necessarily represent all women.
Under the guidelines of the current review, soldiers who cannot prove that a specific incident, known as a "stressor," was sufficient to cause PTSD, their benefits will be revoked.
The only accepted measure of the presence or absence of a stressor is the blood level of adrenal corticosteroids which becomes raised during stress which effects the peristaltic movement of the gut and the production of mucus within the gut.