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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
anxiety reaction
plural
Generalized Anxiety Disorders
possessive
Generalized Anxiety Disorder's
pluralpossessive
Generalized Anxiety Disorders'