stressor

IPA: strˈɛsɝ

noun

  • (psychology, biology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
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Examples of "stressor" in Sentences

  • One person's fun may be another person's stressor.
  • A stressor can also be an event that provokes stress.
  • This reduces the pressure of the stressor and enhances coping.
  • A stressor may be viewed as a stimulus that disrupts homeostasis.
  • Stressors include fear, quilt, regret, frustration and uncertainly.
  • A solution is a solution until it breaks under a realistic stressor.
  • For animals, the most stressful of all the abiotic stressors is heat.
  • Each stressor will glow at a different wavelength that will be monitored.
  • Disease is considered a physiological stressor that can result in fatigue.

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