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パニック発作 (panikkuhossa) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

パニック発ほっ作さ

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Meanings

1

panic attack

A sudden episode of intense fear or discomfort, used in psychiatric and medical contexts.

彼かの女じょは会かい議ぎ中ちゅうにパニック発ほっ作さを起おこし

た

。

She had a panic attack during the meeting.

パニック発ほっ作さの症しょう状じょうには動どう悸きや息いき苦ぐるしさがある。

Symptoms of a panic attack include palpitations and shortness of breath.

Kanji

発departure, discharge, publish
作make, production, prepare

Related words

不ふ安あん発ほっ作さ
Anxiety attack; often used interchangeably but may be less intense or more prolonged than a panic attack.
過か呼こ吸きゅう
Hyperventilation; a common symptom during panic attacks but not the same condition.

Built from

パニック+発ほっ作さ

Etymology

Compound of パニック (panic), from English, and 発作 (attack/seizure), a Sino-Japanese word. The term is a direct calque of the English 'panic attack'.