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post-traumatic stress disorder

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or a lack of concentration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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Synonyms: post-traumatic stress syndrome, PTSD

Antonyms: none provided

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52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: posttraumatiese stressteuring — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب الْكَرْب التَّالِيّ لِلصَّدْمَة النَّفْسِيَّة (iḍṭirāb al-karb at-tāliyy li-ṣ-ṣadma n-nafsiyya) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Armenian: հետտրավմատիկ սթրեսային խանգարում (hettravmatik stʻresayin xangarum) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Azerbaijani: posttravmatik stress pozuntusu — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Bengali: আঘাত পরবর্তী চাপজনিত ব্যাধি (aghat porborti capjonito bêdhi) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Catalan: trastorn per estrès posttraumàtic — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 創傷後心理壓力緊張症候群 /创伤后心理压力紧张症候群 (cong3 soeng1 hau6 sam1 lei5 aat3 lik6 gan2 zoeng1 zing3 hau6 kwan4) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創傷後心理壓力緊張綜合症 /创伤后心理压力紧张综合症 (chuāngshānghòu xīnlǐ yālì jǐnzhāng zōnghézhèng) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創傷後壓力症 /创伤后压力症 (chuāngshānghòu yālìzhèng) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創傷後應激障礙 /创伤后应激障碍 (chuāngshānghòu yìngjī zhàng'ài) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • 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 (chuāngshānghòu xīnlǐ yālì jǐnzhāng zhènghòuqún) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Czech: posttraumatická stresová porucha — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Danish: posttraumatisk belastningsreaktion — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Dutch: posttraumatische stressstoornis — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Esperanto: posttraŭmata streĉa perturbo — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Finnish: traumaperäinen stressihäiriö — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • French: trouble de stress post-traumatique — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Georgian: პოსტტრავმული სტრესული აშლილობა (ṗosṭṭravmuli sṭresuli ašliloba) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • German: posttraumatische Belastungsstörung — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Hebrew: הפרעת דחק פוסט־טראומטית — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Hungarian: poszttraumatikus stressz-szindróma — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Hungarian: poszttraumás stressz-szindróma — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Hungarian: poszttraumás stressz-zavar — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Hungarian: poszttraumatikus stressz-zavar — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Icelandic: áfallastreituröskun — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Indonesian: gangguan stres pascatrauma — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Irish: neamhord strus iarthrámach — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Italian: disturbo post traumatico da stress — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Japanese: 心的外傷後ストレス障害 (shinteki gaishō go sutoresu shōgai) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Kazakh: зақымсоңы стресстік бұзылуы (zaqymsoñy stresstık būzyluy) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Korean: 외상 후 스트레스 장애 (oesang hu seuteureseu jang'ae) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Lingala: depression ǒ sima ya bokási — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Lithuanian: potrauminio streso sindromas — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Malay: kecelaruan stres postraumatik — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: posttraumatisk stresslidelse — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: posttraumatisk stressliding — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Persian: اختلال استرس پس از سانحه — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Polish: zespół stresu pourazowego — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Portuguese: transtorno de estresse pós-traumático — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Russian: посттравмати́ческое стре́ссовое расстро́йство (posttravmatíčeskoje strɛ́ssovoje rasstrójstvo) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Serbo-Croatian: posttraumatski stresni poremećaj — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Spanish: trastorno de estrés postraumático — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Spanish: trastorno por estrés postraumático — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Spanish: síndrome de stres postraumático — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Swedish: posttraumatiskt stressyndrom — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Tamil: அதிர்ச்சிக்குப் பிறகான மன அழுத்தப் பாதிப்பு (atirccikkup piṟakāṉa maṉa aḻuttap pātippu) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Tamil: பேரதிர்ச்சிக்குப் பிறகான மனஉளைச்சல் (pēratirccikkup piṟakāṉa maṉa’uḷaiccal) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Turkish: travma sonrası stres bozukluğu — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Turkish: TSSB — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Ukrainian: посттравмати́чний стре́совий ро́злад (posttravmatýčnyj strésovyj rózlad) — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Vietnamese: rối loạn căng thẳng sau sang chấn — condition that develops following some stressful situation
  • Vietnamese: hậu chấn tâm lí — condition that develops following some stressful situation