panic attack

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nounPsychiatry.
  1. 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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panic attack

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

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