NOUN
- a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress
How To Use stress test In A Sentence
- Ms. Lagarde said European stress tests will show European and F rench banks to be solid. Lagarde: Banks Will Pass Stress Tests
- Only credible stress tests matched by really big capital injections will end the speculation and worry. Times, Sunday Times
- It was also used in some of the first cancer treatment research; and was the birthplace of multigrade motor oil and the isotopes used for cardiac stress tests. The Augusta Chronicle
- Well, now I've had a ‘Persantine’ stress test performed, using radioactive thallium, a very thorough, definitive, cardiac examination, including an echocardiograph.
- We passed the European stress test and we stood alongside all of the systemic banks in Europe. Times, Sunday Times
- However, in a nuclear stress test, you're injected with a small amount of a radioactive substance.
- Supposedly, there is no way to "flunk" a stress test. Forbes.com: News
- Banks were also helped by growing confidence that stress tests under way across Europe would not be as stringent as had been feared. Times, Sunday Times
- These tests include a stress test in which you relax, then cough vigorously as the doctor watches for loss of urine, a urinalysis where the urine is tested for evidence of infection or urinary stones, blood tests, ultrasound, cystoscopy in which a tiny camera is used to see inside of the urethra and bladder and urodynamics, which measures the pressure inside of the bladder and the flow of urine. Health Update: Turning Off A Leaky Bladder
- About 25 lenders are likely to fail the stress test. Times, Sunday Times
