Dictionary Definition
trauma
Noun
1 any physical damage to the body caused by
violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, harm]
2 an emotional wound or shock often having
long-lasting effects [syn: psychic
trauma] [also: traumata (pl)]
User Contributed Dictionary
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English
Etymology
The word "trauma" comes from the Greek τραυμα = "a wound": compare the verb τιτρωσκω (root τρω) = "I injure"Noun
Derived terms
Translations
Any serious injury to the body, often resulting
from violence or an accident
- French: traumatisme
- Finnish: vamma
- German: Trauma
An emotional wound leading to psychological
injury
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- French: traumatisme
- Finnish: trauma
- German: Trauma
An event that causes great distress
- French: traumatisme
- Finnish: trauma
- German: Trauma
Noun
Spanish
Noun
Related terms
Extensive Definition
wiktpar trauma Trauma (plurals: traumata,
traumas) can represent:
Medical
- Physical
trauma, an often serious and body altering physical injury,
such as the removal of a limb
- Blunt force trauma, a type of physical trauma caused by impact or other force applied from or with a blunt object
- Penetrating trauma, a type of physical trauma in which the skin or tissues are pierced by an object
- Psychological trauma, an emotional or psychological injury, usually resulting from an extremely stressful or life-threatening situation
- Post-cult trauma, the intense emotional problems that some members of cults and new religious movements experience upon disaffection and disaffiliation
- Advanced Trauma Life Support
- Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS)
- Trauma (comics), a character associated with Avengers: The Initiative
Film
- Trauma (2004 film), a psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and starring Colin Firth
- Trauma (1993 film), a horror film directed by Dario Argento
- Also see Troma Entertainment, a film company specializing in independent, horror, and exploitation films
Games
- Trauma Studios, which created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of the computer game Battlefield 1942
Music
- Trauma (song) by Ayumi Hamasaki
- Trauma (album) by rapper/producer DJ Quik
- Trauma Records, a record label
- Trauma (band), a Polish Deathmetal band
- Trauma (band), an American Heavy-metal band
Comics
- Trauma (comics), from the Marvel Universe
People
- Trauma Flintstone, drag performer and actress
Etymology
The word "trauma" came from Greek τραυμα = "a wound": compare the verb τιτρωσκω (root τρω) = "I injure".trauma in Danish: Traume
trauma in German: Trauma
trauma in Spanish: Trauma
trauma in Esperanto: Traŭmato
trauma in French: Trauma
trauma in Indonesian: Trauma
trauma in Italian: Trauma
trauma in Hebrew: טראומה
trauma in Japanese: 外傷
trauma in Polish: Trauma
trauma in Portuguese: Trauma
trauma in Russian: Травма (значения)
trauma in Simple English: Trauma
trauma in Slovak: Trauma
trauma in Finnish: Trauma
trauma in Swedish: Trauma
trauma in Kanuri: 트라우마
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abrasion, ambivalence, ambivalence of
impulse, anaphylactic shock, battle fatigue, blemish, blow, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, collapse, combat fatigue,
concussion, conflict, crack, crackle, craze, cut, decompensation, derangement, disturbance, emotional
shock, external frustration, flash burn, fracture, fray, frazzle, frustration, gall, gash, hurt, hypoglycemic shock, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, mental shock, mortal
wound, mutilation,
neurogenic shock, protein shock, psychological stress, puncture, rent, rip, run, rupture, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch, scuff, second-degree burn,
secondary shock, serum shock, shell shock, shock, slash, sore, stab, stab wound, stress, surgical shock, tear, thanatosis, third-degree
burn, traumatism,
upset, wound, wound shock, wounds
immedicable, wrench