stressor
stressor noun: an environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
Noun
stressor (plural stressors)
- An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
- These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor.1997, Edward M. Hallowell, When You Worry About the Child You Love, page 162
- These paradoxical pleasures […] are acquired by controlling one's exposure to the stressor in gradually increasing doses.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 670
Forms of stressor
| plural | stressors |
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Origin of stressor
From stress + -or.
Words formed from stressor
Questions about stressor
- What does stressor mean?
- Stressor means an environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
- What part of speech is stressor?
- Stressor is a noun.
- What is the plural of stressor?
- The plural of stressor is stressors.
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