WordNet
anxiety reaction
n. an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months [syn: generalized anxiety disorder, GAD]
Usage examples of "anxiety reaction".
Logic told him that he was having what the manuals called a normal anxiety reaction.
No wheeze, but I was thinking either acute asthma or some sort of anxiety reaction.