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panic attack

panic attack noun: a sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.

Noun

panic attack (plural panic attacks)

  1. A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.
    • There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.
    • I think I had a panic attack last night, a sense of rising panic and impending doom – chest tight, short of breath, shaking.2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 33

Forms of panic attack

pluralpanic attacks

Questions about panic attack

What does panic attack mean?
Panic attack means a sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms.
What part of speech is panic attack?
Panic attack is a noun.
What is the plural of panic attack?
The plural of panic attack is panic attacks.

Words near panic attack in the dictionary

  1. Pania
  2. Paniagua
  3. Paniaguas
  4. Panibasan
  5. panic
  6. panic attack
  7. panic attacks
  8. panic bar
  9. panic bars
  10. panic button
  11. panic buttons

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