trauma | | |
n. (state) | 1. harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ 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, bite, sting | 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. |
| ~ wound, 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" |
n. (state) | 2. psychic trauma, trauma | an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects. |
| ~ 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" |
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