American English pronunciation
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IPA transcription: [t'ɹɔmə]
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Noun
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any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
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an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
Usage examples
- Badly traumatized by her ordeal, she refuses to give in to her powers again.
- Radiologist Elliot Fishman concluded that she was killed by blunt trauma to the head.
- It was pretty traumatizing.
- He suffered severe head trauma and loss of brain mass.
- This one hints at that, but it's not really trying to resolve any trauma.
- Nonpenetrating and penetrating cranial trauma can also be common causes of intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Many people are traumatized after this sailing accident and need intensive care.
- I gave him a sweet, to take away the trauma.
- Typically it is secondary to trauma, or infection leading to chronic eyelid changes.
- They typically occur in patients suffering traumatic brain injuries.