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trau⋅ma

  [trou-muh, traw-]
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–noun, plural -mas, -ma⋅ta  [-muh-tuh] .
1. Pathology.
a. a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident.
b. the condition produced by this; traumatism.
2. Psychiatry.
a. an experience that produces psychological injury or pain.
b. the psychological injury so caused.
Origin:
1685–95; < Gk traûma wound
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trau·ma   (trô'mə, trou'-)   
n.   pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

  1. A serious injury or shock to the body, as from violence or an accident.

  2. An emotional wound or shock that creates substantial, lasting damage to the psychological development of a person, often leading to neurosis.

  3. An event or situation that causes great distress and disruption.


[Greek; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
trau·mat'ic (-māt'ĭk) adj., trau·mat'i·cal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

trauma [(trow-muh, traw-muh)]

Wounds that result from sudden physical injury or violence.

Note: The term is frequently used to describe an emotional shock that causes serious psychological damage.
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Word Origin & History

trauma 
1656 (implied in traumatic), "physical wound," from Gk. trauma "wound," from PIE *tro-, *trau-, from base *tere- "to rub, turn" (see throw (v.)). Sense of "psychic wound, unpleasant experience which causes abnormal stress" is implied in traumatic, in psychological jargon 1889. Traumatize in the psychological sense is attested from 1949.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: trau·ma
Pronunciation: 'tro-m&, 'trau-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural traumas also trau·ma·ta /-m&t-&/
1 a : an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent trauma> trauma are the spleen, pancreas, and kidney —M. R. Eichelberger> b : a disordered psychic or behavioral stateresulting from mental or emotional stress or physical injury
2 : an agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma
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trauma trau·ma (trô'mə, trou'-)
n. pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

  1. A serious bodily injury or shock, as from violence or an accident.

  2. An emotional wound or shock that creates substantial lasting damage to one's psychological development, often leading to neurosis.

trau·mat'ic (-māt'ĭk) adj.

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