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ANXIETY REACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
Synonyms:
anxiety reaction; GAD; generalized anxiety disorder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anxiety reaction" is a kind of...):
anxiety disorder (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)
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