An outmoded term for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Disabling physical and emotional reaction incident to military combat. Paradoxically, the reaction may not necessarily include fatigue.
Disabling physical and emotional reaction incident to military combat. Paradoxically, the reaction may not necessarily include fatigue; an outmoded term especially common in World War II, now replaced by post-traumatic stress disorder occurring as a result of military combat.
Any of various mental disorders, resulting from fatigue and the stress of combat, characterized by depression, anxiety, and often memory and sleep disorders; usually temporary but may occasionally lead to long-term emotional disorders; also called combat neurosis, shell shock.