panic attack

/P AE1 N IH0 K AH0 T AE1 K/
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.

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