| stress test |
a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress
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| stressor |
any agent that causes stress to an organism
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| stretch |
occupy a large, elongated area; "The park stretched beneath the train line" extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" unfold: extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches" a large and unbroken expanse or distance; "a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water" elongate: make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric" reach: the act of physically reaching or thrusting out lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" a straightaway section of a racetrack pull in opposite directions; "During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack" exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination" extension to or beyond the ordinary limit; "running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding" adulterate: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary" stretch(a): having an elongated seating area; "a stretch limousine" extend: increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" easily stretched; "stretch hosiery" the capacity for being stretched extend one's body or limbs; "Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours"
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| struma |
goiter: abnormally enlarged thyroid gland; can result from underproduction or overproduction of hormone or from a deficiency of iodine in the diet scrofula: a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
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| strut |
a proud stiff pompous gait brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression tittup: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
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