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The word '''distress''' has various meanings:-
*Distress is a kind of [[suffering]] or [[stress]].
*In [[medicine]], '''distress''' is [[stress (medicine)|stress]] caused by adverse events. See also [[fetal distress]], [[respiratory distress]].
*In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance". Such a state is indicated by a [[Mayday (distress signal)|mayday]] radio call.
*Distress is also used by [[search and rescue|Search and Rescue]] services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.
*[[Distressed inventory|Distress]] can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.
*[[Distressing]] in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.
*In law, distress, or [[distraint]], is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.
*'''''[[Distress (novel)|Distress]]''''' is a [[novel]] by [[Greg Egan]]
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