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STRESSOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any agent that causes stress to an organism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("stressor" is a kind of...):
agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)
Derivation:
stress (test the limits of)
Context examples:
The virtual bird simulation was unique in allowing the researchers to identify the impact of a daily physiological stressor in the desert — heat — as birds leave the shade to forage for food or find mates.
(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)
Therefore, the researchers say it is unclear whether the increased risk of heart failure, coronary heart disease and heart attacks reflect the direct impact of repeated pregnancies, or the stressors associated with rearing multiple children, or both.
(Pregnancy losses and large numbers of children linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, University of Cambridge)
A data repository developed by the National Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIEHS) National Center for Toxicogenomics (NCT) to promote a systems biology approach to understand the biological effects of environmental stressors on environmentally induced toxicity and disease.
(Chemical Effects in Biological Systems, NCI Thesaurus)
"But, they exhibit higher death rates when exposed to environmental stressors.
(Defending against environmental stressors may shorten lifespan, National Institutes of Health)
Women’s depression levels, on the other hand, are more influenced by stressors stemming from relationships and the social networks they are embedded in.
(Depression - men far more at risk than women in deprived areas, University of Cambridge)
It includes studies on environmental chemicals and stressors and their effects, as well as a relational and descriptive data compendia on toxicologically important genes, groups of genes, SNPs, mutants and their attributes across species that are relevant to human health and environmental disease.
(Chemical Effects in Biological Systems, NCI Thesaurus)
