panic disorder

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   an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief

   Broaderanxiety disorder

Questions about panic disorder

What does panic disorder mean?

panic disorder means "an anxiety disorder characterized by unpredictable panic attacks; the attacks are usually severe but brief".

Is panic disorder a common word?

panic disorder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.