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Definitions of adversity in various dictionaries:
noun - a state of misfortune or affliction
noun - a stroke of ill fortune
A state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.
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| "Prosperity makes friends" but this "tries them" |
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| A difficult or unpleasant situation. |
| a difficult or unpleasant situation. |
| A state of hardship or affliction misfortune. |
| A calamitous event. |
| a stroke of ill fortune a calamitous event |
| a state of misfortune or affliction |
| a difficult or unlucky situation or event: |
| Adversity might refer to |
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| Physiological or biological stress is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition. Stress is the body's method of reacting to a condition such as a threat, challenge or physical and psychological barrier. Stimuli that alter an organism's environment are responded to by multiple systems in the body. The autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are two major systems that respond to stress.The sympathoadrenal medullary (SAM) axis may activate the fight-or-flight response through the sympathetic nervous system, which dedicates energy to more relevant bodily systems to acute adaptation to stress, while the parasympathetic nervous system returns the body to homeostasis. The second major physiological stress, the HPA axis regulates the release of cortisol, which influences many bodily functions such as metabolic, psychological and immunological functions. The SAM and HPA axes are regulated by several brain regions, including the limb |