HyperDic: generalized_anxiety_disorder

English > 1 sense of the expression generalized anxiety disorder:
NOUNstategeneralized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reactionan 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 > generalized anxiety disorder: 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.
SynonymsGAD, anxiety reaction
Broaderanxiety disorderA cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom

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