[a stress resulting from the application of a force to a surface, in a direction parallel to that surface; it is given by the ratio of the magnitude of the force to the area of the surface over which it acts; it is the stress of gliding along each other or along the wall of the channel. ( CSP )]
UMLS (CSP) C1171318 - Natural Phenomenon or Process
Relation/PAR: Biomechanics
mechanical stress