Meanings
plural posttraumatic stress disorders
- alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
[Elliott] Taub wants “a monetary settlement to each nurse the sum of which is to be agreed upon and paid, commensurate with each nurse’s physical and psychological injuries, pain and suffering, and particularly posttraumatic stress disorders.[”]
2012 October 3, Carl Campanile, “Hosp duo’s demand of Kennedy”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018
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.
Cite this entry
posttraumatic stress disorder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttraumatic%20stress%20disorder
“posttraumatic stress disorder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/posttraumatic%20stress%20disorder. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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