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trau·ma

(trô′mə, trou′-)

n. pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-mə-tə)

a. Serious injury to the body, as from physical violence or an accident: abdominal trauma.

b. Severe emotional or mental distress caused by an experience: He experienced trauma for years after his divorce.

a. An experience that causes severe anxiety or emotional distress, such as rape or combat: memories that persist after a trauma occurs.

b. An event or situation that causes great disruption or suffering: the economic trauma of the recession.

[Greek; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]

trau·mat′ic (-măt′ĭk) adj.

trau·mat′i·cal·ly adv.

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trauma

(ˈtrɔːmə)

n, pl -mata (-mətə) or -mas

1. (Psychology) psychol a powerful shock that may have long-lasting effects

2. (Pathology) pathol any bodily injury or wound

[C18: from Greek: a wound]

traumatic adj

trauˈmatically adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

trau•ma

(ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-)

n., pl. -mas, -ma•ta (-mə tə)

a. a body wound or shock produced by physical injury, as from an accident.

b. the condition produced by this.

2. Psychiatry. psychological shock or severe distress from experiencing a disastrous event outside the range of usual experience, as rape or military combat.

3. any wrenching or distressing experience, esp. one causing a disturbance in normal functioning.

[1685–95; < Greek traûma wound]

trau•mat•ic (trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ-) adj.

trau•mat′i•cal•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	$trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.$ trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. harm, hurt, injury health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain brain damage - injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. birth trauma - physical injury to an infant during the birth process blast trauma - injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces) bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage - the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel blunt trauma - injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car) bruise, contusion - an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration bump - a lump on the body caused by a blow burn - an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation dislocation - a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) electric shock - trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness fracture, break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" cryopathy, frostbite - destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene intravasation - entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel penetrating injury, penetrating trauma - injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body pinch - an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed rupture - state of being torn or burst open insect bite, sting, bite - a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin strain - injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain whiplash, whiplash injury - an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) wale, weal, welt, wheal - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions lesion - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) wrench, pull, twist - a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"
	2.	trauma - an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects psychic trauma birth trauma - emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; "a manic state"

trauma

noun

1. shock, suffering, worry, pain, stress, upset, strain, torture, distress, misery, disturbance, ordeal, anguish, upheaval, jolt I'd been through the trauma of losing a house.

2. injury, damage, hurt, wound, agony spinal trauma

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

trauma

noun

1. Marked tissue damage, especially when produced by physical injury:

traumatism, wound.

2. Psychiatry. Something that jars the mind or emotions:

blow, jolt, shock.

Translations

traumavamma

psychicznytraumauraz

trauma

[ˈtrɔːmə]

A. N (traumas, traumata (pl)) [ˈtrɔːmətə]

1. (Psych) → trauma m

2. (Med) → traumatismo m, trauma m

B. CPD trauma centre, trauma center (US) N → departamento m (hospitalario) de urgencias

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trauma

[ˈtrɔːmə] n → traumatisme m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trauma

n (Psych) → Trauma nt, → seelischer Schock

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trauma

[ˈtrɔːmə] n → trauma m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

trau·ma

1. n. trauma, estado psicológico;

2. traumatismo, si se refiere a una condición física.

trauma

n (physical) trauma m, traumatismo; (psych) trauma m

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Conclusion: Although majority of the patients with thorax trauma receive treatment as outpatients; thoracic traumas may be a life threatening condition, and should be identified and treated immediately.

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