Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any injury to the body of a living thing.

    Near-synonyms: insult (contextually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:injury

    mild trauma

    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

  2. Any injury to the body of a living thing.

    (countable, specifically, uncountable, usually)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.

    Trauma

    тра́вмаtrávma, ра́наrána

    тра́вмаtrávma, ра́наrána

  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.

    Trauma

    тра́вмаtrávma, ра́наrána

    тра́вмаtrávma, ра́наrána

    an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

  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.

    Trauma

    тра́вмаtrávma

Examples

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  1. Tom was flown by helicopter to a trauma center.

    deTom wurde mit dem Hubschrauber zur Unfallklinik gebracht.

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  2. The skier suffered a head trauma.

    deDer Skifahrer erlitt ein Schädeltrauma.

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  3. This woman has suffered a trauma.

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  4. Yanni is experienced in treating trauma.

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  5. Ziri has traumas caused by abandonment.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
serious injury to the body:
Русский
By meaning 1
serious injury to the body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
serious injury to the body:

Origin

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

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Forms

plural: traumas / traumata
Singulartrauma
Pluraltraumas / traumata

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects:psychic trauma
  • any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury:injuryhurtharm

Word family

39 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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