posttraumatic stress disorder

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Definition of posttraumatic stress disorder in English English dictionary

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

A psychological disorder affecting individuals who have experienced or witnessed profoundly traumatic events, such as torture, murder, rape, or wartime combat, characterized by recurrent flashbacks of the traumatic event, nightmares, irritability, anxiety, fatigue, forgetfulness, and social withdrawal

Hyphenation

post·trau·ma·tic stress dis·or·der

Turkish pronunciation

pōstrômätîk stres dîsôrdır

Pronunciation

/ˌpōstrôˈmatək ˈstres dəsˈôrdər/ /ˌpoʊstrɔːˈmætɪk ˈstrɛs dɪsˈɔːrdɜr/