HyperDic: anxiety_reaction

English > 1 sense of the expression anxiety reaction:
NOUNstateanxiety reaction, generalized anxiety disorder, GADan 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
English > anxiety reaction: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn 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.
Synonymsgeneralized anxiety disorder, GAD
Broaderanxiety disorderA cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

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