stress

*streng- (Proto-Indo-European)

stiff, tight

stringere (Latin)

destresse (Middle English)

stress (English)

(Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.. (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.. (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.. (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.. (countable, physics) The [...]