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Stress

Medical Definition: A pathological process resulting from the reaction of the body to external forces and abnormal conditions that tend to disturb the organism's homeostasis.
Guide Notes: includes "aggressology" (French: agressologie) & the French "agression"; stress ulcer: index under PEPTIC ULCER or specific (IM) + STRESS or STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL (IM or NIM); not for stress in lower animals, plants or microorganisms

Stress Medical Definitions and Terms

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