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PANIC ATTACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden attack of fear
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("panic attack" is a kind of...):
fear; fearfulness; fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
Context examples:
While too little of this hormone is known to underlie narcolepsy, the new finding suggests that too much of it may lead to panic attacks.
(The Mechanism of Panic Attacks, NIH, US)
Symptoms experienced during a panic attack include dyspnea or sensations of being smothered; dizziness, loss of balance or faintness; choking sensations; palpitations or accelerated heart rate; shakiness; sweating; nausea or other form of abdominal distress; depersonalization or derealization; paresthesias; hot flashes or chills; chest discomfort or pain; fear of dying and fear of not being in control of oneself or going crazy.
(Panic Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Panic attacks can be induced in susceptible people by infusing them with a normally innocuous salt called sodium lactate.
(The Mechanism of Panic Attacks, NIH, US)
Dr. Anantha Shekhar and colleagues at Indiana University and Lund University set out to further investigate the role of orexin in panic attacks.
(The Mechanism of Panic Attacks, NIH, US)
