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noun, plural trau·mas, trau·ma·ta 
[-muh-tuh] .
[-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; < Greek traûma wound
1685–95; < Greek traûma wound
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Traumata
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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