trauma
pronunciation
How to pronounce trauma in British English:
UK [ˈtrɔːmə]
How to pronounce trauma in American English:
US [ˈtraʊmə]
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- Noun:
- any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
- an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
Word Origin
- trauma (n.)
- 1690s, "physical wound," medical Latin, from Greek trauma "a wound, a hurt; a defeat," from PIE *trau-, extended form of root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn," with derivatives referring to twisting, piercing, etc. (see throw (v.)). Sense of "psychic wound, unpleasant experience which causes abnormal stress" is from 1894.
Example
- 1. Has the trauma of iraq made americans more isolationist ?
- 2. Authorities say head trauma and broken bones are among the more serious injuries .
- 3. Globe rupture can occur secondary to blunt or penetrating trauma .
- 4. It was the defining trauma of his life .
- 5. Chopin 's decrepit health reinforced his emotional trauma .