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Noun: posttraumatic stress disorder
  1. 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
    - PTSD

Derived forms: posttraumatic stress disorders

Type of: anxiety disorder

Encyclopedia: Posttraumatic stress disorder