Another Word For STRESSOR

stress

Noun : (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

Noun : (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

Noun : (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

aggressor

Noun : The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Noun : a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's

Noun : a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state

controllability

Noun : The quality or extent of being controllable; controllableness.

activator

Noun : One who, or that which, activates.

Noun : (chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst

Noun : (biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.

trigger

Noun : (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

Noun : A similar device used to activate any mechanism.

Noun : An event that initiates others, or incites a response.

bullies

Noun : A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

Noun : A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

Noun : A hired thug.

precipitating

Verb : (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.

Verb : (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.

Verb : (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.

stresses

Noun : (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

Noun : (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

Noun : (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

triggers

Noun : (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

Noun : A similar device used to activate any mechanism.

Noun : An event that initiates others, or incites a response.

stressfulness

Noun : The state or condition of being stressful.

eustress

Noun : (psychology) A healthful, stimulating kind and level of stress.

stressful

Adjective : Irritating; causing stress.

Adjective : (of a task) Mentally taxing.

toxicant

Noun : A toxic or poisonous substance.

cortisol

Noun : (biochemistry, steroids) A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties, and whose levels in the blood may become elevated in response to physical or psychological stress. When used medicinally it is known as hydrocortisone.

physiological

Adjective : Of, or relating to physiology.

Adjective : Relating to the action of a drug when given to a healthy person, as distinguished from its therapeutic action.

hormetic

Adjective : (biology) Of or pertaining to hormesis or to a hormetin

precipitant

Noun : Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.

Noun : (chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.

allostatic

Adjective : relating to allostasis

anxiety

Noun : An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.

Noun : An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).

Noun : (pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

stimuli

Noun : An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.

Noun : (physiology, psychology, medicine) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.

Noun : (botany, entomology) A sting on the body of a plant or insect.

hyperarousal

Noun : A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.

psychophysiological

Adjective : Of or pertaining to psychophysiology

psychosocial

Adjective : (of behaviour) Having both psychological and social aspects.

adaptational

Adjective : Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive

Adjective : (biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.

sublethal

Adjective : Less than lethal.

neuroimmune

Adjective : (immunology) Describing those components of the nervous system that modulate the immune response

trauma

Noun : Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

Noun : An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

Noun : An event that causes great distress.

nitrosative

Adjective : Relating to the oxides of nitrogen

aversiveness

Noun : Quality or degree of being aversive.

maladaptation

Noun : (evolutionary theory or psychology) The state of being poorly adapted to an environment

abiotic

Adjective : Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.

Adjective : Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life.

physiologic

Adjective : Of or pertaining to physiology.

distracter

Noun : That which distracts, or serves as a distraction.

Noun : Any of the incorrect answers in a multiple-choice question, serving to distract from the correct answer.

nonstress

Noun : The absence of stress.

psychological

Adjective : Of or pertaining to psychology.

Adjective : Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

Adjective : Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.

traumatic

Adjective : Of, caused by, or causing trauma.

Adjective : (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.

Adjective : (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.

neurochemical

Adjective : Of or pertaining to neurochemistry, the study of the chemical basis of nerve and brain activity

oxidative

Adjective : (chemistry) Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.

nonstressed

Adjective : unstressed

pathogen

Noun : (pathology, immunology) Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.

hypoxia

Noun : (pathology) A condition in which tissues (especially the blood) are deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen; anoxia

Noun : A reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in an aquatic environment.

distress

Noun : Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.

Noun : A cause of such discomfort.

Noun : Serious danger.

anthropogenic

Adjective : Pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny.

Adjective : Having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature.

pollutant

Noun : A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

psychophysiologic

Adjective : Alternative form of psychophysiological [Of or pertaining to psychophysiology]

precipitants

Noun : Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.

Noun : (chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.

allostasis

Noun : The process of achieving stability, or homeostasis, in the body, through physiological or behavioral change.

counterregulatory

Adjective : (physiology) That counters a regulatory process, especially the action of a hormone

oxidant

Noun : an oxidizing agent

perturbation

Noun : (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed

Noun : (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)

Noun : (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies

corticosterone

Noun : (biochemistry, steroids) A corticosteroid hormone, produced in the adrenal glands, involved in metabolism.

catecholamine

Noun : (biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced by the adrenal gland.

stimulus

Noun : An external phenomenon that has an influence on a system, by triggering or modifying an internal phenomenon; for example, a spur or incentive that drives a person to take action or change behaviour.

Noun : (physiology, psychology, medicine) Something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response, or that affects any of the sensory apparatuses.

Noun : (botany, entomology) A sting on the body of a plant or insect.

aversive

Adjective : Tending to repel; causing avoidance.

contaminant

Noun : That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

biobehavioral

Adjective : Pertaining to the biological causes of behavior.

xenobiotic

Noun : (biology) Any foreign compound not produced by an organism's metabolism.

toxicants

Noun : A toxic or poisonous substance.

depressogenic

Noun : Any material that causes depression.

footshock

Noun : (biology) A mild electric shock administered to the feet of laboratory animals during a variety of psychological and other experiments

burnout

Noun : (psychology) The experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, especially in one's career.

Noun : A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

Noun : (US, slang) Someone whose brains have figuratively been burned out by drugs.

parentification

Noun : (sociology, psychology) A process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to its own parent or sibling.

irritant

Noun : Any medication designed to cause irritation

Noun : A source of irritation.

chronic

Adjective : Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

Adjective : (medicine) Prolonged or slow to heal.

Adjective : Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

psychoemotional

Adjective : (psychology) Describing any psychological interaction with the emotions

catastrophizing

biological

Adjective : Of or relating to biology.

Adjective : Relating to anatomy; anatomic, anatomical.

Adjective : Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.

distractor

Noun : Alternative spelling of distracter [That which distracts, or serves as a distraction.]

mitigator

Noun : Someone or something that mitigates.

biotic

Adjective : (biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms

Adjective : Misspelling of biontic. [(biology, rare) Relating to an individual organism.]

cytokine

Noun : (biochemistry, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.

disregulation

Noun : Misspelling of dysregulation. [(chiefly biochemistry) A failure to regulate properly]

covariate

Noun : (statistics) A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.

hypervigilance

Noun : An enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats.

adversity

Noun : (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

Noun : (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.

elicitor

Noun : A person or thing that elicits

hormonal

Adjective : (biochemistry) Pertaining to hormones.

Adjective : (colloquial) Of or pertaining to the menstrual cycle.

Adjective : Strongly affected by one's hormones.

overstimulation

Noun : Excessive stimulation.

organism

Noun : (obsolete, rare) The fact of being organic; organicity.

Noun : Something with many separate interdependent parts, seen as being like a living thing; an organic system.

Noun : (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.

glucocorticoid

Noun : (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.

hyperthermal

Noun : (geology) Any of several brief geological periods of global warming

strain

Noun : (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.

Noun : (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.

Noun : (figurative) Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.

behavioral

Adjective : (American spelling) Of or relating to behavior.

nurture

Noun : The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

Noun : That which nourishes; food; diet.

Noun : The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").

behavioristics

Noun : (biology) The study of the behavior of an organism in relation to its environment

environment

Noun : The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest.

Noun : The natural world or ecosystem.

Noun : All the elements that affect a system or its inputs and outputs.

limiting factor

Noun : (management accounting) A constraint that limits the business from achieving a higher level of profitability.

Noun : (biology) A condition that limits the growth or abundance of a population of organisms in an ecosystem.

ecotoxicity

Noun : The potential for biological, chemical or physical stressors to affect ecosystems.

macroenvironment

Noun : (biology) The large-scale and long-term environment and conditions that affect an organism.

Noun : Major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization's decision making, and affect its performance and strategies. These factors include the economic, demographics, legal, political, and social conditions, technological changes, and natural forces.

ecophysiology

Noun : (biology) The study of the relationships between, and adaptation of, the physiology of an organism and its environment

bioenvironment

Noun : A biological environment, or ecosystem.

biomedicine

Noun : The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.

Noun : The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).

Noun : (countable) A medicine created with the use of living organisms.

ecosensitivity

Noun : (biology) sensitivity of an organism to its ecological environment

critical period

Noun : (psychology, biology) A maturational stage in the lifespan of an organism during which the nervous system is especially sensitive to certain environmental stimuli.

biological psychology

Noun : (psychology) The application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior.

biological determinism

Noun : The hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine the majority of psychological and behavioural traits.

Noun : The interpretation of humans and human life from a strictly biological point of view.

psychobiology

Noun : (psychology, biology) The study of the biological basis for cognition and other mental processes.

Noun : (psychology) The branch of psychology that interprets psychological phenomena in terms of adaptation to biological, environmental, etc. factors.

ecology

Noun : (biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

Noun : (by extension) Any study of the relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.

Noun : The totality or pattern of relationships of components of a system with their environment and with each other.

ergology

Noun : The study of the psychological effects of work, or of work patterns; especially the causes of work-related stress (job stress).

Noun : (ethnology) Knowledge originating from the study of the object culture of non-European traditional societies.

environmental science

Noun : The integrated study of factors that influence the environment and environmental systems, especially the interaction of the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment.

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