Definition for post-traumatic stress disorder - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	post-traumatic stress disorder (post-traumat¦ic stress dis\|order) noun [mass noun] Medicine a condition of persistent mental and emotional stress occurring as a result of injury or severe psychological shock, typically involving disturbance of sleep and constant vivid recall of the experience, with dulled responses to others and to the outside world.		More words in this category amnesia aversion therapy behaviourism catatonia countertransference demented dissociate erotomania gender dysphoria hypochondriac hysterical madness narcissism neuropsychiatry psychotherapy reception order schizo somatization word deafness Nearby Words post-operative post-paid post-partum post-production post-punk post-structuralism post-synch post-tax post-tension post-traumatic stress disorder post-war postage postage due postage meter postage stamp postal postal card postal code postal note