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  • 1Stress ulcer — Stress ulcers are single or multiple mucosal defects which can become complicated by upper gastrointestinal bleeding during the physiologic stress of serious illness. Ordinary peptic ulcers are found commonly in the gastric antrum and the… …

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  • 2Stress (biological) — Stress is a biological term which refers to the consequences of the failure of a human or animal body to respond appropriately to emotional or physical threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined. [ The Stress of Life , Hans Selye, 1956.] …

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  • 3Stress (biology) — This article is about the concept of stress in relation to biology. . For the concept of stress in physics and mechanics, see Stress (mechanics). Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in… …

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  • 4related — re|lat|ed W3S2 [rıˈleıtıd] adj 1.) things that are related are connected in some way ▪ Police now believe that the three crimes could be related. ▪ the problem of drug abuse and other related issues related to ▪ He suffers with memory loss… …

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  • 5DISEASE —    The study of Etruscan skeletal remains, in spite of the wide availability of ancient human remains, has been relatively neglected, so it is difficult to infer reliable evidence about the prevalence of disease. Studies of the Ferrone cemetery… …

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  • 6stress — stressless, adj. stresslessness, n. /stres/, n. 1. importance or significance attached to a thing; emphasis: to lay stress upon good manners. 2. Phonet. emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a syllable or a word as a result of… …

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  • 7Disease — Human disease redirects here. For the Slayer song, see Soundtrack to the Apocalypse. Flare up redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Flareup (Transformers). Medical condition redirects here. For the descriptive terminology using… …

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  • 8stress — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 state of tension ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extreme, great, high, incredible, intense, severe ▪ Separation is a time of high emotional stress …

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  • 9Stress testing, exercise cardiac — The exercise cardiac stress testing (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The patient exercises on a treadmill according to a standardized protocol, with progressive increases in the speed and elevation of the treadmill… …

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  • 10Disease in ornamental fish — Ornamental fish kept in aquariums are susceptible to numerous diseases. The study of fish diseases has remained a rudimentary branch of veterinary medicine.[citation needed] Due to their generally small size and the low cost of replacing diseased …

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