delayed stress reaction

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delayed′ stress′ reac′tion, [Psychiatry.]

1. Psychiatry a post-traumatic stress disorder occurring more than six months after the experience of a traumatic event.

Also, de•layed′-stress′ reac′tion. Also called delayed′ stress′ syn′drome, de•layed′-stress′ syn′drome.