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panic attack

The correct spelling is panic attack.

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noun

Say it like: Pan-ic -att-ak

The correct spelling is panic attack. 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. For example: "There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack."

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There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack.

Definition

noun

  1. 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.

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