stress test

Noun

Meaning

(medicine) A test of cardiac function after a standardized amount of exertion.

Any test of function in response to stress.

(banking, finance) A test of an organization's ability to meet its financial obligations in adverse financial circumstances.

Examples

Man, he wasn't going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from her, he could probably run a marathon. While dragging a car behind him. Sideways to the road. J.R. Ward

I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging. Alberto Salazar

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