stressor

Example Sentences

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He's laboratory focuses on how environmental stressors, including UV radiation and arsenic in drinking water, disrupt molecular pathways and damage cellular systems in ways that promote cancer.

From Science Daily

Children are not only reeling from racism but other stressors, including the lingering effects of the social isolation they experienced during the pandemic.

From Washington Post

Many plants and animals face physiological stressors when their surroundings warm or are hit with more extreme events, leading them to shift their habitats or seek other food supplies.

From Scientific American

In contrast, intense, emotional reactions to life stressors are the norm in people with borderline personality disorder, she said.

From Seattle Times

When the body is exposed to stressors, it goes into fight-or-flight mode, said Elizabeth Brondolo, a psychology professor at St. John’s University who studies the psychophysiology of discrimination.

From Seattle Times