Stress

Stress may refer to:

Science and medicine

 * Stress (biology), 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, an imbalance of free radicals
 * Psychological stress, a feeling of strain and pressure
 * Occupational stress, stress related to one's job
 * Surgical stress, systemic response to surgical injury

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
 * "The Stress", a 1989 song by Chisato Moritaka
 * "Stress", a song by Odd Børre, Norway's entry in the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest
 * "Stress", a song by Godsmack from Godsmack
 * "Stress", a 2000 song by Jim's Big Ego

Music techniques

 * Stress (music), 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), 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