posttraumatic stress disorder

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• noun An anxiety disorder resulting from a traumatizing experience, such as torture, rape, or military combat, characterized by recurrent flashbacks of the traumatic event, nightmares, and social withdrawal.

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• noun Alternative form of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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• noun 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