COMBAT FATIGUE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

Synonyms:

battle fatigue; combat fatigue; combat neurosis; shell shock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("combat fatigue" is a kind of...):

posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD (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)

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