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Detailed Synonyms for posttraumatic stress disorder in English
posttraumatic stress disorder:
posttraumatic stress disorder [the ~] noun
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the posttraumatic stress disorder
– an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images 1the PTSD; the posttraumatic stress disorder– an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images 1