stressor

[ stres-er, -awr ]

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noun

an activity, event, or other stimulus that causes stress.

Origin of stressor

First recorded in 1950–55; stress + -or²

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How to use stressor in a sentence

There was a lot of stressors going on, because it was our last day in that location.
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British Dictionary definitions for stressor

stressor

/ (ˈstrɛsə) /

noun

an event, experience, etc, that causes stress

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