GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An 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

Synonyms:

anxiety reaction; GAD; generalized anxiety disorder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("generalized anxiety disorder" is a kind of...):

anxiety disorder (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)

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