COMBAT FATIGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does combat fatigue mean? 

• COMBAT FATIGUE (noun)
  The noun COMBAT FATIGUE has 1 sense:

1. a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

  Familiarity information: COMBAT FATIGUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMBAT FATIGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

battle fatigue; combat fatigue; combat neurosis; shell shock

Hypernyms ("combat fatigue" is a kind of...):

posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD (an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images)

 Context examples 

Arginine may prevent or treat heart and circulatory diseases, combat fatigue, and stimulate the immune system.

(Arginine, NCI Thesaurus)