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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)
The negative, harmful aspects of stress. Compare eustress.
eustress
Any form of stress (1) that is beneficial, usually associated with a feeling of fulfilment and achievement rather than anxiety. [Formed from Greek eu well or good + English stress, on the model of ...
stress
The force applied to a unit area of a substance measured in newtons per square metre. Compressive stress crushes the rock; see Bunds (2001) GSA Bull. 113, 7. Tensile stress is a force which tends to ...
stress
n. any factor that threatens the health of the body or has an adverse effect on its functioning, such as injury, disease, overwork, or worry. The existence of one form of stress tends to diminish ...
