stress test
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Stress Test — may refer to: *Stress Test (television) for the Brandy and Mr Whiskers episode *Stress testing for the medical term … Wikipedia
stress test — n an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill) … Medical dictionary
stress test — stress′ test n. med a test of cardiovascular health made by recording heart rate, blood pressure, electrocardiogram, and other parameters while a person undergoes physical exertion • Etymology: 1970–75 … From formal English to slang
Stress Test — [engl.], Belastungstest … Universal-Lexikon
stress test — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms stress test : singular stress test plural stress tests 1) economics a test used to find out if a bank or other financial institution is likely to fail or have serious problems in a difficult economic situation… … English dictionary
stress-test — /stres test /, v.t. to subject to a stress test. * * * … Universalium
stress-test — /stres test /, v.t. to subject to a stress test … Useful english dictionary
Stress test, pharmacologic — There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise. One of… … Medical dictionary
Stress test, physiologic — Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise. One of these … Medical dictionary
stress test — noun a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress • Hypernyms: ↑assay, ↑check • Hyponyms: ↑treadmill test * * * noun : an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled … Useful english dictionary
