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    GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 monthsplay

    Synonyms:

    anxiety reaction; GAD; generalized anxiety disorder

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("generalized anxiety disorder" is a kind of...):

    anxiety disorder (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)

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