strains
Varieties, injuries, or sifts
Strains covers several related ideas of stretching or pulling.
Physical strain is force that deforms or damages: The rope snapped under the strain.
Bodily strain is injury from overexertion: a muscle strain.
Mental strain is stress or pressure: the strain of caring for aging parents.
To strain is to stretch, filter through a sieve, or exert great effort: strain the pasta, straining to hear.
A strain is also a distinct variety—of plant, virus, or music: a new strain of flu, strains of Mozart drifting from the window.
Permanent DNA alteration
- variantDiffering form of something
- isolateSeparate from others
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
- DNAHereditary code molecule
allele · genotype · phenotype · pathogen · viral · bacterial · sequencing · laboratory
Vigorous physical effort
- tensionStretched or strained state
- pullForce toward oneself
- sprainLigament stretch injury
- overexertionHarmful excess of effort
muscle · ligament · injury · fatigue · stress · tear · stretch · overwork
Pressure, mental or vocal
- pressureForce upon contact
- tensionStretched or strained state
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
exhaustion · burnout · fatigue · toll · weight · hardship · demand · struggle
Bred plant variety
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- varietyState of being diverse
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- purebredOf single breed ancestry
pedigree · crossbreeding · selection · propagation · heritage · progeny · domestication · seedling
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- variantDiffering form of something
- isolateSeparate from others
- genomeOrganism's total hereditary material
DNA · allele · genotype · phenotype · pathogen · viral · bacterial · sequencing · laboratory · outbreak
exertion
Vigorous physical effort
overexertion · muscle · ligament · injury · fatigue · stress · tear · stretch · overwork · soreness
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
anxiety · exhaustion · burnout · fatigue · toll · weight · hardship · demand · struggle · overload
cultivar
Bred plant variety
purebred · pedigree · crossbreeding · selection · propagation · heritage · progeny · domestication · seedling · grafting
melody
Pleasing sequence of notes
tune · air · theme · motif · phrase · lyric · verse · chorus · harmony · cadence
- combat sports medicinecauliflower ear, mat burn, injury prevention, concussions, sprains
- musculoskeletal injuriesfracture, sprains, sprain, dislocations, tendonitis
- local varietiesregional styles, landraces, cultivars, variants, heritage breeds
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- body painache, aches, pain, pang, throb
- hurtsaches, burns, cuts, wounds, injures
strainsmixes
Combines different elements
combines · blends · merges · integrates · incorporates
- repetitive strain injuryTissue damage from overuse
- eye strainTired, aching vision
- muscle strainTorn or overstretched fibers
- financial strainDifficulty meeting monetary obligations
- mental strainTaxing cognitive burden
- repetitive strainDamage from repeated movement
strain, restrain, strained, constraint, restrained, constrain, strainer, straining, constrained