Stress may refer to:

Science and medicine

Stress (biology) Stress, either physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition. Stress is the body's method of reacting to a condition such as a threat, challenge or physical and psycholog ...

, an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition * Stress (mechanics), the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other *

Oxidative stress Oxidative stress reflects an imbalance between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species and a biological system's ability to readily detoxify the reactive intermediates or to repair the resulting damage. Disturbances in the normal re ...

, an imbalance of free radicals *

Psychological stress In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a type of psychological pain. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Excess ...

, a feeling of strain and pressure **

Occupational stress Occupational stress is psychological stress related to one's job. Occupational stress refers to a chronic condition. Occupational stress can be managed by understanding what the stressful conditions at work are and taking steps to remediate thos ...

, stress related to one's job *

Surgical stress Surgical stress is the systemic response to surgical injury and is characterized by activation of the sympathetic nervous system, endocrine responses as well as immunological and haematological changes. Measurement of surgical stress is used in an ...

, systemic response to surgical injury

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups and musicians

* Stress (Brazilian band), a Brazilian heavy metal band *

Stress (British band) Stress was a short-lived British neo-psychedelic rock band composed of Wayne Binitie, Ian Mussington and Mitch Amachi Ogugua. They released only one album in 1991 on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records. They are not to be confused with the San Diego ro ...

, a British rock band * Stress (pop rock band), an early 1980s melodic rock band from San Diego *

Stress (musician) Stress (stage name; actually Andres Andrekson; born on 25 July 1977 in Tallinn, Estonia) is Estonian-Swiss hip hop singer. He left from Estonia in 1989. Discography Albums *2003 "Billy Bear" *2005 "25.07.03" *2006 "Renaissance" *2009 "Des rois, ...

(born 1977), hip hop singer from Switzerland * Stress (record producer) (born 1979), artistic name of Can Canatan, Swedish musician and record producer

Albums

* ''Stress'' (Anonymus album), 1997 * ''Stress'' (Daddy Freddy album), 1991 * ''Stress'' (Stress album), self-titled album by Brazilian band Stress * '' Stress: The Extinction Agenda'', 1994 album by Organized Konfusion

Songs

* "Stress" (Justice song), 2007 song by Justice * "

The Stress is the sixth single by Japanese singer/songwriter Chisato Moritaka. The lyrics were written by Moritaka and the music was composed by Hideo Saitō. The single was released by Warner Pioneer on February 25, 1989. The full title of the single i ...

", a 1989 song by Chisato Moritaka * "Stress", a song by Odd Børre, Norway's entry in the

1968 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1968 was the 13th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in London, United Kingdom, following the country's first victory at the with the song " Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw. Despite hav ...

* "Stress", a song by Godsmack from ''

Godsmack Godsmack is an American rock band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Sully Erna, bassist Robbie Merrill, lead guitarist Tony Rombola and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its fo ...

'' * "Stress", a 2000 song by

Jim's Big Ego Jim's Big Ego is a Boston, Massachusetts-based band formed in 1995 under the leadership of singer/songwriter Jim Infantino, who was named as the best new artist of 1995 by the National Academy of Songwriters.''Eugene Register-Guard''"Jim's Big ...

Music techniques

Stress (music) In music, an accent is an emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes, or chord, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. Accents contribute to the articulation and proso ...

, a type of emphasis placed on a particular note or set of notes

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Stress'' (journal), a medical journal * "Stress" (''The Unit''), an episode of the television series ''The Unit''

Other uses

Stress (font) Typeface anatomy describes the graphic elements that make up letters in a typeface. Strokes The ''strokes'' are the components of a letterform. Strokes may be ''straight'', as in , or ''curved'', as in . If straight, they may be ''horizontal, ...

, varying stroke widths of a font * Stress (linguistics), relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase or sentence