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What is a stressor?

What is a stressor? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (psychology) An environmental condition or influence that stresses (i.e. causes stress for) an organism.
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We are particularly conscious of it when we sense that the stressor concerned could do us harm.
During this stage the ability to fight off the stressor is high and may remain so for considerable periods of time.
Task-Oriented techniques focus on doing something to change yourself, the stressor, or the situation, so that it is no longer stressful.
I'm in my last semester of college, so I am wondering if his moving in is just an additional stressor that's getting me all bent out of shape.
All these hormones are secreted into the bloodstream and have the effect of mobilizing the body to deal with the stressor.
This emphasizes isoform-specific functions in relation to tissue water permeation or growth as well as differential responses to varying extents of the same abiotic stressor.

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