Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of post-traumatic stress disorder.
I read that parents suffering from PTSD are more likely to hit their children.
2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 131 more example
But Wisniewski explained that the most promising aromatic journeys, like those designed by Verbeek, are not always sweet smelling. Treating PTSD requires re-creating battlefield aromas, for example, while firefighters might train in smoke-scented simulations.
2021 February 11, Jen Rose Smith, “Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 創傷後心理壓力緊張症候群 /创伤后心理压力紧张症候群
- 創傷後心理壓力緊張症候群 /创伤后心理压力紧张症候群 (chuāngshānghòu xīnlǐ yālì jǐnzhāng zhènghòuqún)initialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Danish PTSD
- PTSDinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Dutch PTSS
- PTSSinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Esperanto PTSP
- PTSPinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Finnish PTSD
- PTSDinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
French TSPT
- TSPTinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
German PTBS
- PTBSinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Italian PTSD, DPTS
- PTSDinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
- DPTSinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
- DSPTinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Norwegian Bokmål PTSD
- PTSDinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Portuguese TEPT
- TEPTinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Russian ПТСР
- ПТСР (PTSR)initialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Spanish TEPT
- TEPTinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Swedish PTSD
- PTSDinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Ukrainian ПТСР
- ПТСР (PTSR)initialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Welsh ASWT
- ASWTinitialism: post-traumatic stress disorder
Cite this entry
PTSD. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PTSD
“PTSD.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PTSD. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PTSD,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PTSD.
Source: PTSD on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.