Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun generalized_anxiety_disorder

1 sense of generalized anxiety disorder

Sense 1
generalized anxiety disorder, GAD, anxiety reaction -- (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)
       => anxiety disorder -- (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)