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delayed stress syndrome

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[dih-leyd stres sin-drohm, -druhm] / dɪˈleɪd ˈstrɛs ˌsɪn droʊm, -drəm /

noun

Psychiatry.

  1. (no longer in technical use) a post-traumatic stress disorder occurring more than six months after the experience of a traumatic event.

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