| posttraumatic stress disorder. |
| posttraumatic stress disorder n. Abbr. PTSD 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. |
| PTSD abbr. posttraumatic stress disorder |
| PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder |