What does TRAUMA mean?

Definitions for TRAUMA
ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-; -mə tətrau·ma

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. injury, hurt, harm, traumanoun

    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

  2. trauma, psychic traumanoun

    an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

Wiktionary

  1. traumanoun

    Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

  2. traumanoun

    An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.

  3. traumanoun

    An event that causes great distress.

  4. Etymology: From τραῦμα.

ChatGPT

  1. 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.

Wikidata

  1. Trauma

    Trauma is a 2004 British psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and written by Richard Smith.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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.]

Editors Contribution

  1. trauma

    Anything that happens, internal or external, that causes a person to be exposed afraid, neglected beat, abused, ignored, belittled, or just forgotten.

    I have experienced countless traumatic events in my life.


    Submitted by anonymous on August 19, 2019  

Anagrams for TRAUMA »

  1. matura

  2. taruma

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TRAUMA in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TRAUMA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of TRAUMA in a Sentence

  1. Erika Jakubovits:

    We owe this to them, they have suffered so much trauma and have felt even more insecure during this pandemic.

  2. Corey Funai:

    It was so pleasant, you almost forgot someone was in trauma, to find out the next morning the guy killed himself — that was so heavy.

  3. Jason Crow:

    Trauma, any trauma, impacts everybody, nobody is immune to it and everybody responds to it differently so you just have to be aware of that and you have to seek the help that you need.

  4. Veterans Affairs:

    As a result, if the( military sexual trauma) leads to PTSD, it is often difficult for victims of( military sexual trauma) to produce the required evidence to support the occurrence of the reported assault.

  5. Jason Crow:

    Trauma, any trauma, impacts everybody, nobody is immune to it and everybody responds to it differently.

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