Panic attack

noun

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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.

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

  2. 2
    a sudden attack of fear wordnet

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