(n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.
(n.) That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.
(n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.
(n.) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.
(n.) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
(n.) To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.
(n.) To compel by pain or suffering.
(n.) To seize for debt; to distrain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Perinatal mortality is strongly associated with obstetrical factors, respiratory distress syndrome, and prematurity.
(2) No respiratory-distress syndrome of the newborn occurred when total amniotic-fluid cortisol was greater than 60 ng per milliliter (16 patients).
(3) Early views of the Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) sought to disengage it from either neuroticism or emotional distress.
(4) Sleep alterations in addicted newborns could be related to central nervous system (CNS) distress caused by withdrawal.
(5) For many it had still a moderating effect on distress at the present but appeared to be mainly used out of "psychological dependence".
(6) Marie Johansson, clinical lead at Oxford University's mindfulness centre , stressed the need for proper training of at least a year until health professionals can teach meditation, partly because on rare occasions it can throw up "extremely distressing experiences".
(7) In contrast, the number of distressful childhood experiences reported was generally unrelated to empathy scores.
(8) The lavage model was considered suitable for reproduction of severe respiratory distress.
(9) Twenty-seven infants with respiratory distress and hypoxemia of noncardiac etiology were treated with tolazoline.
(10) A clearly recognizable relationship of SEH to gestational age and clinical status exists in that all SEH occur in premature infants under 2500 g birthweight (although only 56% of all premature infants have SEH) and 95% of SEH occur in infants with the respiratory distress syndrome (although only 60% of infants with the respiratory distress syndrome have SEH).
(11) Four hours after infusion, the animals displayed a clinical and pathological pattern which closely resembled post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome, including hypoxia, hypocarbia, thrombocytopenia, increased pulmonary capillary permeability to albumin, interstitial edema, hypertrophy of alveolar lining cells, and intra-alveolar hemorrhage.
(12) In turn, nursing strategies that are selected as a result of such theoretically based assessments are likely to be effective in preventing spiritual distress.
(13) There is no support in the system and it’s a very frightening and distressing situation to be in.
(14) Therefore, after head injuries we searched for C activation because it could result in the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
(15) It has to be assumed that in calves with respiratory distress syndrome--in analogy to pulmonary immaturity--the blood clotting mechanism is not yet fully developed.
(16) At birth, the animals were in no distress but had mild pulmonary hypertension.
(17) If these recordings are repeated before or at the same time as other signs of fetal distress have been found we must think of pathological features such as intrauterine growth retardation, post-maturity, infections, rhesus incompatibility and diabetes.
(18) Sustained intubation (7 days) was necessary in only two infants because of developing respiratory distress as a result of prematurity or recurrent pleural fluid accumulation.
(19) Financial experts aren't immediately sure what to make of the report, but one theory is that the figure includes the 'profits' the European Central Bank has made by buying Greek debt at distressed levels since the crisis began: econhedge (@econhedge) suggestion that this is planned EUR31.5b+ECB profits.
(20) The results do not indicate any disorder in liver and muscle functions in prematurely born calves with or without respiratory distress syndrome.
Heartache
Definition:
(n.) Sorrow; anguish of mind; mental pang.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I think it saved us a lot of heartache," Scheidts told the Guardian.
(2) They’re all basically the same, but the tiny, barely discernible differences between them consume vast amounts of energy and generate heartache for everyone involved.
(3) David Miliband's heartache at leadership loss revealed in new Hillary Clinton emails Read more Longtime Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal also wrote a number of memos to the secretary of state on American politics, including one describing the current Speaker of the House, John Boehner, as “louche, alcoholic [and] lazy” while predicting that Mitt Romney would run for president on a ticket with former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour, whom he compared to Dick Cheney.
(4) One is over whether, with more foresight and better planning, an awful lot of money and heartache could have been saved.
(5) That would hurt for fans in any country, but the headache and heartache are magnified in Brazil , where football means more and success is almost taken for granted.
(6) It is end-of-term heartache twice over for Derby, having lost 1-0 to Queens Park Rangers in the play-off final at Wembley last season.
(7) As the legal challenge plays out in North Dakota’s courts, married same-sex couples in Fargo face a heartache and worry that affects everything from healthcare and retirement planning to parenthood.
(8) This raises troubling questions well beyond how to diffuse the heartache of small children unable to meet Elsa from Frozen.
(9) The study will have cost £20m to run by the end of 2019, but its findings could eventually save the NHS many times that amount, not to mention families like mine a colossal amount of heartache.
(10) Joe also knows about the heartache of following England - he was in Mexico in 1970 when England, then World Cup holders, were booted out by West Germany after leading 2-0.
(11) For all their heartache, then, these films generally leave us with the reassuring sense that things have got better – and, of course, with a richer, more informed understanding of how that change has come about.
(12) Monday Each day takes its emotional toll: the tales of loss, heartache and devastation emerging every minute of every hour are seemingly endless.
(13) That's what created all the fan heartache, which in turn creates fan support for the movie."
(14) Families are being torn apart, causing unnecessary additional heartache, migrant NHS staff, which we continue to recruit, are being unfairly treated, and international students are targeted as a result of arbitrary net migration figures,” said the JCWI.
(15) Making contingency plans before problems set in can save a lot of heartache.
(16) David Cameron takes his battle to keep Britain in the EU to MPs on Monday after hitting the most serious political obstacle yet when Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that “after a huge amount of heartache” he is to back the leave campaign.
(17) And to say our thoughts and prayers are with them and their families, and their community doesn’t say enough to convey the heartache and the sadness and the anger that we feel.
(18) As I can no longer understand the lyrics of even English songs (what I thought was "It's a hard egg" turned out to be "It's a heartache"), it doesn't make that much difference to me if it's sung in Serbo-Croat.
(19) Of course, I'm glad for my own sake that she did have children, but sorry to have been the source of so much worry, pain and heartache.
(20) So that is where I’m coming from and that is why I have decided, after a huge amount of heartache, because the last thing I wanted was to go against David Cameron or the government, I don’t think there is anything else I can do.” Following Johnson’s announcement there were early signs that it could be a volatile day for sterling before the opening of the Asian markets.