(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.
Stoicism
Definition:
(n.) The opinions and maxims of the Stoics.
(n.) A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
Example Sentences:
(1) Perhaps air pollution hasn’t been solved because no one makes a fuss: scarier than the smog in Delhi , Kolkata and London is the stoicism of residents for whom bad air has become part of daily life.
(2) July 1, 2014 9.11am BST Stoicism in the face of adversity.
(3) Of course on social media people are always promising to rip my arms and legs off and do all kinds of things, but there has been nothing I would take seriously.” There appears to be only one limit to his stoicism.
(4) When I look at their faces, I see nothing but bravado, whether it’s Beyoncé’s stoicism, Kerry Washington’s smirk or Serena’s confidence.
(5) Chibok kidnapping: stoicism as girls taken by Boko Haram are remembered Read more Boko Haram has been fighting to impose sharia law across Nigeria’s north for the last six years, massacring civilians and kidnapping thousands of women and children, most notoriously a group of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok.
(6) The former England coach did, at least, receive an apology for a protracted public humiliation borne with dignity and stoicism.
(7) Stoicism offers the cybernetic epistemologist a solid base for theory.
(8) Their apparent stoicism, however, is deceptive: though several people I've spoken to have made it clear that they are staying put, for the Bakers the prospect of another flood is a nightmarish prospect.
(9) To show that would not fit with the romantic view of stoicism in the face of adversity.
(10) In particular, there is the stoicism that teaches us to take mortality and the impermanence of all things as cues to detach ourselves from the ups and downs of life and embrace an accepting tranquility.
(11) This sort of stoicism may be necessary in the months to come.
(12) The patients' attitude toward their lesions was one of bland unconcern and stoicism.
(13) After Mandela's release, his stoicism proved a boon.
(14) In prison, stoicism was the only way to survive with his sanity intact.
(15) As long as people want our help there, we will have a presence there.” Kalyapin’s stoicism about the threat of violence is at least partly down to his past, navigating the violent business climate of Russia in the 1990s.
(16) A third man, his jaw clamped shut on his misery, gazes at the photographer with numb stoicism.
(17) She is humbled by the patient's grit and stoicism, and can only listen with a lump in her throat.
(18) Much bitterness but also stoicism; markets impressed by Irish resolve to bite the austerity bullet Portugal Economic growth: 0.5% this year, 0.7% next National debt as percentage of GDP: 85.8% Budget deficit as percentage of GDP: 8% Cuts: Income, corporate and VAT tax rises coupled with spending cuts aimed at halving budget deficit by next year Outlook: Cross-party consensus has shored up José Sócrates' vulnerable minority government.
(19) Tony Blair last night praised the "stoicism and resilience" of Londoners in the face of yesterday's onslaught on the capital's transport system by bombers he implied were Islamist terrorists.
(20) According to former reports, ALS patients have a reputation of heroic stoicism with a low frequency of depression.