Muscle and Stress

Muscle

Muscle noun - Muscular strength.

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Stress and muscle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead a noun "Muscle".

Nearby Words: muscular, muscled, muscling

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Muscle and stress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Muscle" instead a noun "Stress".

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

high	high muscle	high stress
physical	physical muscle	physical stress
pure	pure muscle	pure stress
sheer	sheer muscle	sheer stress
Other adjectives: heavy, hard, increased, serious, little, feminine, personal, new, major, general, less, extra, additional, significant, added.

Exercise causes muscle damage and stress, so the muscles rebuild with greater strength.

Source: Adaptive Ability
Due to his lack of muscle, Kenshin's body goes through serious stress when using Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu.

Source: Heroic R.R.O.D.
Similarly, cortisol, the other fight-or-flight hormone, is necessary to aid in metabolism when under short-term stress, but chronic elevation causes muscle wasting, osteoporosis, immune suppression, and cancer.

Source: Explosive Overclocking

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