Reference meaning
GAD
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an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months
Related source terms
generalized anxiety disorderanxiety reaction
Other meanings
2. noun
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
3. verb
wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
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