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Noun: trauma (traumas,traumata)  tro-mu
  1. An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
    - psychic trauma
     
  2. Any physical damage to the body caused by violence, accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
    - injury, hurt, harm

Derived forms: traumas, traumata

Type of: health problem, ill health, mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state, unhealthiness

Encyclopedia: Trauma, Violence and Abuse