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, :wikt:challenge, challenge or physic ...

, an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition *

Stress (linguistics) In linguistics, and particularly phonology, stress or accent is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence. That emphasis is typically caused by such properties as i ...

, relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase or sentence * Stress (mechanics), the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other * Occupational stress, stress related to one's job * Psychological stress, a feeling of strain and pressure *

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), a British rock band * Stress (pop rock band), an early 1980s melodic rock band from San Diego * Stress (musician) (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 * "Stress" (Odd Børre song), 1968 song by Odd Børre * "Stress", a song by Godsmack from '' Godsmack'' * "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 E ...

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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 is ...

", a 1989 song by Chisato Moritaka

Other music

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 prosod ...

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

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Stress (card game) Stress is a card game that uses a standard 52-card deck The standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. In English-speaking countries it is the only traditional pack used for playin ...

, a card game * ''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