combat fatigue

combat fatigue
Synonyms and related words:
accident neurosis, anaphylactic shock, anxiety hysteria, anxiety neurosis, association neurosis, battle fatigue, blast neurosis, compensation neurosis, compulsion neurosis, conversion hysteria, conversion neurosis, expectation neurosis, fixation neurosis, fright neurosis, homosexual neurosis, hypochondria, hypochondriasis, hypoglycemic shock, hysteria, mental shock, neurogenic shock, neurosis, neuroticism, obsessional neurosis, occupational neurosis, pathoneurosis, phobia, protein shock, psychasthenia, psychoneurosis, psychoneurotic disorder, psychopathia martialis, regression neurosis, secondary shock, serum shock, shell shock, shock, situational neurosis, surgical shock, thanatosis, trauma, traumatism, war neurosis, wound shock

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  • combat fatigue — n. a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare * * * ▪ psychology also called  battle fatigue,  or  shell shock,         a neurotic disorder caused by the… …   Universalium

  • combat fatigue — n [U] a type of mental illness caused by the terrible experiences of fighting in a war or battle →↑post traumatic stress disorder ▪ These treatment methods enabled 80 percent of combat fatigue affected troops to return to duty …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • combat fatigue — n. a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare …   English World dictionary

  • combat fatigue — noun a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare • Syn: ↑battle fatigue, ↑combat neurosis, ↑shell shock • Hypernyms: ↑posttraumatic stress disorder, ↑PTSD * * * noun [noncount] : ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • combat fatigue —    an unwillingness or inability to continue fighting    Not just weariness from broken nights, poor shelter, irregular food, unchanged clothing, lice, ulcers, and the other discomforts of active service but a reaction to prolonged exposure to… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • combat fatigue — combat fa,tigue noun uncount a mental illness caused by a reaction to fighting in a war …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • combat fatigue — com·bat fatigue käm .bat n post traumatic stress disorder occurring under wartime conditions (as combat) that cause intense stress called also battle fatigue, shell shock, war neurosis …   Medical dictionary

  • combat fatigue — noun Date: 1943 post traumatic stress disorder under wartime conditions (as combat) that cause intense stress called also battle fatigue, shell shock …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • combat fatigue — battle fatigue, traumatic condition suffered by soldiers who have been in combat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • combat fatigue — com′bat fatigue n. psi battle fatigue • Etymology: 1940–45 …   From formal English to slang

  • combat fatigue — noun 1》 more recent term for shell shock. 2》 (combat fatigues) uniform worn by soldiers in combat …   English new terms dictionary

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