severe stress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsevereandstress
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severe
adjective
uk/sɪˈvɪər/us/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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stress
noun
uk/stres/us/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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Positive psychological states and coping withseverestress.
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Physiological measurements also suggested that the seedlings experienced lessseverestressthan expected.
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The sphincter can also be used to treatseverestressincontinence in women, particularly if previous surgery has failed.
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Structural and functional brain changes associated with early orseverestressare also reviewed.
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Resilience to the effects ofseverestresscan be thought of as the capacity to avoid overgeneralizing fearinducing triggers.
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High levels of cortisol associated with prolongedseverestresshave a number of impacts on the hippocampus.
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These studies raised the question, doesseverestressresult in hippocampal damage and associated memory deficits in humans?
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Thus, our findings may suggest that males are more vulnerable to the effects ofseverestressin global brain structures than females.
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The stress values ranged from 0 (no stress) to 1 (severestresswhen leaf transpiration ceases completely).
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The items are scored 0 (no stress resulted from the event) to 3 (severestress).
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Higher abnormal leukocyte and lymphocyte counts 20 years after exposure toseverestress: research and clinical implications.
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Selling or pledging land, even of individual holdings, was allowed only underseverestress.
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This might be feasible and useful in populations that are certain to encounterseverestress, for example, soldiers to be deployed in combat, or disaster relief workers.
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However, the people who have applied to have their stay extended will be living underseverestress.
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Typical businesses in rural areas, such as post offices, shops, filling stations and pubs, are underseverestress.
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In my borough, it is a major issue that is causing parentsseverestress.
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Unemployment costs a great deal of money and putsseverestresson social expenditure.
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In any case, they were smoking because of theseverestressunder which they were placed.
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