What does trauma mean?
Definitions for trauma
ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-; -mə tətrau·ma
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Princeton's WordNet
injury, hurt, harm, traumanoun
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
trauma, psychic traumanoun
an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
Wiktionary
traumanoun
Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
traumanoun
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
traumanoun
An event that causes great distress.
Etymology: From τραῦμα.
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trauma
Trauma is a deeply distressing or disturbing experience or physical injury that often has long-term mental, emotional or physical effects. It could result from experiences such as physical violence, accidents, natural disasters, emotional abuses, war experiences, or loss of a loved one. The term is also used in medical context to refer to severe or life-threatening physical injuries, such as those sustained in a car accident or during a surgery.
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Trauma
Trauma is a 2004 British psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and written by Richard Smith.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Trauma
traw′ma, n. an abnormal condition of the body caused by external injury.—adj. Traumat′ic, produced by wounds.—adv. Traumat′ically.—n. Traum′atism, trauma. [Gr., a wound.]
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matura
taruma
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of trauma in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of trauma in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of trauma in a Sentence
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought we’d be here almost 13 years later after Kevin’s accident, what this has taught me is that trauma and adversity can be a powerful pathway for deeper learning and growth.
When you combine those emotions with the memories of the physical trauma being on a boat for several weeks or having been confined in brutal smugglers camps, then the trauma is compounded, in some cases the asylum seekers and migrants endured starvation, beatings, extortion, and rape.
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Many of the young people coming in are from Black and minority ethnic background and by definition [... ] they will be amongst the poorest in our country, many of them will have experienced trauma in different aspects of their life. And many of them will have been pimped or abused by adults who have put them in this criminal setting.
I think that’s hard for these survivors … and the people [ killed in the recent church shooting ] in Texas will have some of the same roads to deal with, with their trauma.
When Paris came out with 'This is Paris' she simultaneouslylet the entire survivor community know that it was ok to speak about their experiences and to speak about their trauma.
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Translations for trauma
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- إصابة, صدمةArabic
- траўмаBelarusian
- травмаBulgarian
- trauma, úrazCzech
- TraumaGerman
- τραύμαGreek
- traumaSpanish
- vamma, traumaFinnish
- traumatismeFrench
- traumatismo, traumaGalician
- טראומהHebrew
- घावHindi
- traumaHungarian
- traumaItalian
- トラウマ, 心的外傷, 損傷, 外傷Japanese
- 외상, 外傷Korean
- траумаMacedonian
- psychiczny, trauma, urazPolish
- trauma, traumatismoPortuguese
- рана, травмаRussian
- trauma, траумаSerbo-Croatian
- trauma, urážkaSlovak
- travma, poškodbaSlovene
- traumaSwedish
- sakatlık, travmaTurkish
- травмаUkrainian
- صدمہUrdu
- chấn thươngVietnamese
- 创伤Chinese
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