panic attack en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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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.
I think I had a panic attack last night, a sense of rising panic and impending doom – chest tight, short of breath, shaking.
2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 33:There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.
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Translations (27)
cmn 驚恐發作 /惊恐发作 (sudden period of intense anxiety) · cs záchvat paniky (sudden period of intense anxiety) · es ataque de pánico (sudden period of intense anxiety) · tr panik atak (sudden period of intense anxiety) · nb panikkanfall (sudden period of intense anxiety) · da panikanfald (sudden period of intense anxiety) · nn panikkanfall (sudden period of intense anxiety) · pt ataque de pânico m crise de pânico (sudden period of intense anxiety) · af paniekaanval (sudden period of intense anxiety) · nl paniekaanval (sudden period of intense anxiety) · ru паниче́ская ата́ка (sudden period of intense anxiety) · fr crise d'angoisse (sudden period of intense anxiety) · de Panikanfall (sudden period of intense anxiety) · fr crise de panique (sudden period of intense anxiety) · pl atak paniki (sudden period of intense anxiety) · hu pánikroham (sudden period of intense anxiety) · kk үрей шабуыл (sudden period of intense anxiety) · el κρίση πανικού (sudden period of intense anxiety) · ca atac de pànic (sudden period of intense anxiety) · ro atac de panică (sudden period of intense anxiety) · ja パニック発作 (sudden period of intense anxiety) · uk пані́чна ата́ка (sudden period of intense anxiety) · it attacco di panico (sudden period of intense anxiety) · fi paniikkikohtaus (sudden period of intense anxiety) · sv panikattack (sudden period of intense anxiety) · is felmtursröskun (sudden period of intense anxiety) · de Panikattacke (sudden period of intense anxiety)