panic attack


noun Psychiatry.

an intense attack of anxiety characterized by feelings of impending doom and trembling, sweating, pounding heart, and other physical symptoms.
Also called anxiety attack.

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British Dictionary definitions for anxiety-attack

panic attack

noun

an episode of acute and disabling anxiety associated with such physical symptoms as hyperventilation and sweating See also panic disorder

Medical definitions for anxiety-attack

panic attack

n.

The sudden onset of intense anxiety, characterized by feelings of intense fear and apprehension and accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, and trembling. anxiety attack