State of extreme pressure or tension that leads to the breakdown of a material, or to the loss of mental, emotional or physical balance in living beings and that initiates defense mechanisms to recover homeostasis. It is the castellanization of the English stress ("material fatigue") that comes from the Latin stringere (stringuere "tighten, drag, raer" ).
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