panic attack
nounPsychiatry.
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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How to use panic attack in a sentence
The night after the operation she suddenly had a severe anxiety-attack.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. JungThe anxiety-attack had extended and was persistent, and the mental disorder lasted for months.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. Jung
British Dictionary definitions for panic attack
panic attack
noun
an episode of acute and disabling anxiety associated with such physical symptoms as hyperventilation and sweating: See also panic disorder
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