'trauma' definitions:
Definition of 'trauma'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, harm, trauma]
noun
An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects [syn: trauma, psychic trauma]
Synonyms of 'trauma'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrasion,
- ambivalence,
- ambivalence of impulse,
- anaphylactic shock,
- battle fatigue,
- blemish,
- blow,
- break,
- burn,
- chafe,
- check,
- chip,
- collapse,
- combat fatigue,
- concussion,
- conflict,
- crack,
- crackle,
- craze,
- cut,
- decompensation,
- derangement,
- disturbance,
- emotional shock,
- external frustration,
- flash burn,
- fracture,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- frustration,
- gall,
- gash,
- hurt,
- hypoglycemic shock,
- incision,
- injury,
- laceration,
- lesion,
- mental shock,
- mortal wound,
- mutilation,
- neurogenic shock,
- protein shock,
- psychological stress,
- puncture,
- rent,
- rip,
- run,
- rupture,
- scald,
- scorch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scuff,
- second-degree burn,
- secondary shock,
- serum shock,
- shell shock,
- shock,
- slash,
- sore,
- stab,
- stab wound,
- stress,
- surgical shock,
- tear,
- thanatosis,
- third-degree burn,
- traumatism,
- upset,
- wound,
- wound shock,
- wounds immedicable,
- wrench