post-traumatic stress disorder
- post-traumatic stress disorder
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also post-traumatic stress syndrome
: a psychological reaction that occurs after a highly stressing event (as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) and is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event — abbreviation
PTSD; called also
delayed-stress syndrome
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noun [noncount]
medical : a mental condition that can affect a person who has had a very shocking or difficult experience (such as fighting in a war) and that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, etc. — abbr.
PTSD ;
called also post-traumatic stress syndrome
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a medical condition in which a person suffers mental and emotional problems resulting from an experience that shocked them very much
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