hyperstress

(ˈhaɪpəˌstrɛs)

(Medicine) med extreme stress or anxiety

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Patients with endotoxemia are under the hyperstress state and often require drugs for sedation and analgesia to reduce anxiety and stress.

Dexmedetomidine inhibits inflammatory reaction in lung tissues of septic rats by suppressing TLR4/NF-[kappa]B pathway

Equations [(1).sub.1,2] define the involved stresses and hyperstresses present in the balance of (physical) linear momentum for a continuum made of a nonlinear, homogeneous elastic material with strain gradients with both nonlinearity and strain gradients relating only to the shear deformation.

From the propagation of phase-transition fronts to the evolution of the growth plate in long bones: dedicated to Juri Engelbrecht on the occasion of his 70th anniversary/Faasiulemineku frontide levilt kasvuvoondi evolutsioonini pikkades luudes

So-called high stakes tests--exams they must pass in order to move on to succeeding grades, graduate from high school, or otherwise determine the course of their entire future--are familiarizing our students with a world of anxiety and despair previously the jittery domain of the hyperstressed Japanese student body.