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The word distress has various meanings:-

Distress (medicine)
Distress (medicine)

In medicine, distress is an suffering state in which an animal is unable to adapt completely to stressors and their resulting Stress and shows maladaptive behaviors....
occurs when an individual cannot adapt to stress
Stress (medicine)

Stress is a biological term which refers to the consequences of the failure of a human or animal body to respond appropriately to emotional or body threats to the organism, whether actual or imagined....
. See also fetal distress
Fetal distress

In medicine , fetal distress is the presence of signs in a pregnancy woman—before or during childbirth—that the fetus is not well or is becoming excessively fatigued....
, respiratory distress.
Distress is a kind of suffering
Suffering

Suffering, or pain, is an individual's basic affective experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with harm or threat of harm. Suffering may be qualified as physical, or mental....
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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 radio call.
Distress is also used by Search and Rescue
Search and rescue

Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger....
services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.
Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.
Distressing
Distressing

Distressing in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear aged and older, and there are many methods to produce an appearance of age and wear....
in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.
In law, distress, or distraint
Distraint

Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someone?s property in order to obtain payment of renting or other money owed", especially in common law countries....
, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.
Distress
Distress (novel)

Distress is a 1995 in literature science fiction novel by Greg Egan ISBN 0061052647....
is a novel
Novel

File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
by Greg Egan
Greg Egan

Greg Egan is an Australian List of science fiction authors.Egan specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematics and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness....