stressor

[ stres-er, -awr ]
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noun
  1. an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.

Origin of stressor

1
First recorded in 1950–55; stress + -or2

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stressor

/ (ˈstrɛsə) /


noun
  1. an event, experience, etc, that causes stress

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