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It will be on the market in five years and will in my opinion revolutionize the treatment of depression, ptsd and other neurodegenerative disorders.

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Initialism of post-traumatic stress disorder. [(psychology) 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 lack of concentration.]

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noun

Initialism of post-traumatic stress disorder. [(psychology) 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 lack of concentration.]

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Core meanings and parts of speech for ptsd.

noun

Initialism of post-traumatic stress disorder. [(psychology) 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 lack of concentration.]

Example sentences

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It will be on the market in five years and will in my opinion revolutionize the treatment of depression, ptsd and other neurodegenerative disorders.

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I know how skeptical and cynical HN can be, so I thought I should add that while I've become an evangelist, it isn't me that is claiming NSI-189 as a treatment for depression and ptsd, its the maker Neuralstem, and it's backed up by autopsied rats whose hippocampus grew 20% in size after the drug was administered.

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How do you use ptsd in a sentence?

It will be on the market in five years and will in my opinion revolutionize the treatment of depression, ptsd and other neurodegenerative disorders.

What does ptsd mean?

Initialism of post-traumatic stress disorder. [(psychology) 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 lack of concentration.]

What part of speech is ptsd?

ptsd is commonly used as noun.