repeated stress
1stress fracture — n a usu. hairline fracture of a bone (as of the foot or lower leg) that has been subjected to repeated stress <occurrence of stress fractures among joggers> * * * a fracture caused by unusual or repeated stress on a bone, such as with… …
2Stress fracture — Infobox Disease Name = Stress fracture Caption = DiseasesDB = 7842 ICD10 = ICD10|M|48|4|m|45, ICD10|M|84|3|m|80 ICD9 = ICD9|733.93, ICD9|733.94, ICD9|733.95 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = radio eMedicineTopic = 783 eMedicine mult =… …
3stress fracture — noun Date: 1952 a usually hairline fracture of a bone that has been subjected to repeated stress …
4stress fracture — noun A small crack in a bone caused by repeated stress. Syn: fatigue fracture …
5Stress (physics) — Stress is a measure of the average amount of force exerted per unit area. It is a measure of the intensity of the total internal forces acting within a body across imaginary internal surfaces, as a reaction to external applied forces and body… …
6Stress-related disorders — Stress is a conscious or unconscious psychological feeling or physical situation which comes after as a result of physical or/and mental positive or negative pressure to overwhelm adaptive capacities.Stress is a psychological process initiated by …
7stress fracture — stress′ frac ture pat a hairline fracture of a bone, esp. of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers • Etymology: 1950–55 …
8Stress functions — In linear elasticity, the equations describing the deformation of an elastic body subject only to surface forces on the boundary are (using index notation) the equilibrium equation: where σ is the stress tensor, and the Beltrami Michell… …
9stress fracture — Pathol. a hairline crack in a bone, esp. of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture). * * * …
10stress fracture — noun fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury • Syn: ↑fatigue fracture • Hypernyms: ↑fracture, ↑break * * * noun, pl ⋯ tures [count] medical : a crack on the surface of a bone caused by repeated pressure The… …
