PTSD

English

Noun

PTSD (uncountable)

1. Initialism of post-traumatic stress disorder.
   • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 13:

     I read that parents suffering from PTSD are more likely to hit their children.

   • 2021 February 11, Jen Rose Smith, “Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken”, in The Washington Post‎, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 June 2025:

     But Wisniewski explained that the most promising aromatic journeys, like those designed by Verbeek, are not always sweet smelling. Treating PTSD requires re-creating battlefield aromas, for example, while firefighters might train in smoke-scented simulations.

Derived terms

• C-PTSD, CPTSD

Translations

initialism: post-traumatic stress disorder

Chinese: Mandarin: 創傷後心理壓力緊張症候群 / 创伤后心理压力紧张症候群 (zh) (chuāngshānghòu xīnlǐ yālì jǐnzhāng zhènghòuqún) Danish: PTSD Dutch: PTSS f Esperanto: PTSP Finnish: PTSD (fi) French: TSPT (fr) m German: PTBS (de) f Norwegian: Bokmål: PTSD Nynorsk: PTSD Portuguese: TEPT m Russian: ПТСР (ru) n (PTSR) Spanish: TEPT m Swedish: PTSD Ukrainian: ПТСР m (PTSR)

Anagrams

• STPD, D.P.T.s, StPD, stpd., TDPs, PDTs, DPST, DPTs

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English PTSD.

Noun

PTSD(ピーティーエスディー) • (pī-tī-esu-dī) 

1. synonym of 心的外傷後ストレス障害 (shinteki gaishōgo sutoresu shōgai, “post-traumatic stress disorder”); PTSD