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generalized anxiety disorder

DEFINITIONS OF: generalized anxiety disorder

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n 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:
GAD, anxiety reaction
Type of:
anxiety disorder
a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
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