panic attack

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panic attack

noun panic attacks

  1. A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms. There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.

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noun sudden period of intense anxiety

Españolataque de pánico
日本語パニック発作 panikku-hossa
中文驚恐發作 /惊恐发作 jīngkǒng fāzuò
Portuguêsataque de pânico m crise de pânico
Françaiscrise d'angoisse, crise de panique
DeutschPanikattacke, Panikanfall
Italianoattacco di panico
Ελληνικάκρίση πανικού krísi panikoú
Românăatac de panică
Русскийпаниче́ская ата́ка paničéskaja atáka

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@misc{panic_attack_2026,
  title = {panic attack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/panic%20attack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}