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trauma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɒmə/ Boston, Maine, mostly western and central Canada
• /ˈtɹɔː.mə/ (UK)
• (New-Jersey) audio
• /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/ (UK)
• audio Connecticut
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɹɔm.ə/ (US)
• /ˈtɹɑ.mə/ (Canada, Eastern, General-American, cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma)der. English trauma From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any injury to the body of a living thing.
   • major trauma
   • mild trauma
   • Near-synonyms: insult (contextually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:injury
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable, usually) Any injury to the body of a living thing. ▸ Serious injury, resulting from predation, violence, an accident such as a fall, a vehicle crash, etc.
   • We're not talking about paper cuts or sprains here — we're talking about trauma.
   • Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN:
3. (countable, uncountable) An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
   • What these patients eventually realized was that they all had trauma that had fed into their addictions.
   • And although it doesn’t mean acting like an infant again, it does require recognizing that many of the thoughts and behaviors you’d like to change come from lingering feelings of childhood traumas or your inner child, said Dr. Avigail Lev, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Bay Area CBT Center in San Francisco. 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN:
   • Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years. 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian:
4. (countable, uncountable) An event that causes great distress.
   • The earthquake here 14 years ago was a national trauma that still affects the economy today.

Forms

Deriveds

macrotrauma · traumacore · trauma centre · traumatology · trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy · traumatism · trauma triad of death · trauma bond · traumascape · shock trauma · trauma dumping · myotrauma · trauma bonding · atelectrauma · oxytrauma · dialytrauma · trauma shears · rape trauma syndrome · trauma incidence reduction · trauma dump · trauma scissors · traumatise · nontrauma · trauma naked · trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy · traumatize · trauma-informed · barotrauma · polytrauma · traumascum · monotrauma · trauma plate · rheotrauma · psychotrauma · trauma-informed stabilization treatment · neurotrauma · geotrauma · traumatic · posttrauma · phonotrauma · multitrauma · microtrauma · traumagenic · suspension trauma · trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy · biotrauma · traumaless

Synonyms

lesion · scath · lesion · wound · dere · injury · insult · scathe · dere · wound · injury · scathe · insult · scath

Translations (141)

fi trauma (emotional wound) · pl uraz psychiczny (emotional wound) · bcl raya (emotional wound) · hu sérülés (serious injury to the body) · fr traumatisme (serious injury to the body) · gl trauma (serious injury to the body) · cmn 外傷 /外伤 (serious injury to the body) · mi whētuki (emotional wound) · az zədə (serious injury to the body) · ka ტრავმა (event) · uk тра́вма (serious injury to the body) · bg ра́на (serious injury to the body) · hu trauma (serious injury to the body) · fr trauma (serious injury to the body) · af trauma (event) · gl trauma (emotional wound) · es trauma (emotional wound) · cmn 損傷 /损伤 (serious injury to the body) · da traume (emotional wound) · id trauma (emotional wound) · ko 손상 (serious injury to the body) · es trauma (event) · sl travma (serious injury to the body) · hu trauma (emotional wound) · kmr birîn (serious injury to the body) · vi chấn thương (serious injury to the body) · nl trauma (event) · ro traumatism (serious injury to the body) · ro traumă (emotional wound) · ka ტრავმა (emotional wound) · ko 외상 (serious injury to the body) · sk zranenie (serious injury to the body) · fr traumatisme (event) · it trauma (emotional wound) · eo traŭmato (serious injury to the body) · tr travma (serious injury to the body) · he טְרָאוּמָה (emotional wound) · nl trauma (emotional wound) · fa ضربه (serious injury to the body) · ky жаракат (serious injury to the body) · mi pāmamaetanga (serious injury to the body) · ru ра́на (serious injury to the body) · fi trauma (serious injury to the body) · hy վնասվածք (serious injury to the body) · cmn 挫折 (event) · pt trauma (emotional wound) · be ра́на (serious injury to the body) · bg тра́вма (emotional wound) · yue 陰影 /阴影 (emotional wound) · cmn 創傷 /创伤 (serious injury to the body) · cs trauma (emotional wound) · tg ҷароҳат (serious injury to the body) · tt җәрәхәт (serious injury to the body) · ja 心の傷 (emotional wound) · ru тра́вма (serious injury to the body) · hi आघात (serious injury to the body) · fa جراحت (serious injury to the body) · fi trauma (event) · uz travma (serious injury to the body) · cmn 負傷 /负伤 (serious injury to the body) · ru тра́вма (emotional wound) · it trauma (serious injury to the body) · sk trauma (serious injury to the body) · he טְרָאוּמָה (serious injury to the body) · tr sarsıntı (emotional wound) · ko 정신적 외상 (emotional wound) · da traume (serious injury to the body) · sh tràuma (emotional wound) · he טְרָאוּמָה (event) · fa ضربت (serious injury to the body) · cmn 痛苦的經歷 /痛苦的经历 (event) · mi ngaukino (emotional wound) · pl uraz (serious injury to the body) · be тра́ўма (emotional wound) · sh тра̀ума (serious injury to the body) · uk ра́на (emotional wound) · fi vamma (serious injury to the body) · az travma (serious injury to the body) · ja 損傷 (serious injury to the body) · cs trauma (serious injury to the body) · ru ра́на (emotional wound) · ug جاراھەت (serious injury to the body) · uz yara (serious injury to the body) · bg тра́вма (serious injury to the body) · cmn 精神創傷 /精神创伤 (emotional wound) · bn আঘাত (serious injury to the body) · fr traumatisme (emotional wound) · da men (serious injury to the body) · pt trauma (event) · yue 精神創傷 /精神创伤 (emotional wound) · ru тра́вма (event) · ja 心的外傷 (emotional wound) · ar إِصَابَة (serious injury to the body) · kmr trawma (event) · hu megrázó/traumatikus esemény (event) · mi ngaukino (serious injury to the body) · sl poškodba (serious injury to the body) · uk ра́на (serious injury to the body) · fa آسیب (serious injury to the body) · th การบาดเจ็บ (serious injury to the body) · pl trauma (emotional wound) · nl trauma (serious injury to the body) · fi ruumiinvamma (serious injury to the body) · de Trauma (serious injury to the body) · el τραύμα (serious injury to the body) · af trauma (emotional wound) · hu sebesülés (serious injury to the body) · kmr trawma (emotional wound) · hu megrázkódtatás (emotional wound) · ja 外傷 (serious injury to the body) · mk траума (serious injury to the body) · gl traumatismo (serious injury to the body) · mn ᠭᠡᠮᠲᠦᠯ (serious injury to the body) · ka ტრავმა (serious injury to the body) · tr sakatlık (serious injury to the body) · cmn 心理陰影 /心理阴影 (emotional wound) · sh tràuma (serious injury to the body) · pt traumatismo (serious injury to the body) · hu seb (serious injury to the body) · mn гэмтэл (serious injury to the body) · eo traŭmato (emotional wound) · id trauma (serious injury to the body) · sk úraz (serious injury to the body) · tr travma (emotional wound) · mi whētuki (event) · kk жарақат (serious injury to the body) · de Trauma (emotional wound) · be тра́ўма (serious injury to the body) · tr travma (event) · uz jarohat (serious injury to the body) · uk тра́вма (emotional wound) · da men (emotional wound) · ja トラウマ (emotional wound) · tg осеб (serious injury to the body) · pl trauma (serious injury to the body) · sh тра̀ума (emotional wound) · cs úraz (serious injury to the body) · ar صَدْمَةٌ عَاطِفِيَّة (emotional wound) · es traumatismo (serious injury to the body) · de Trauma (event) · be ра́на (emotional wound)

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