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traumatism|ˈtrɔːmətɪz(ə)m, ˈtraʊ-| [f. Gr. τραῦµα, τραυµατ- wound + -ism. Cf. F. traumatisme.] 1. Path. The action of a wound or external injury in producing a morbid condition; the condition so produced.
1857Dunglison Med. Lex., Traumatism,..the condition of the organism occasioned by a grave wound. 1876Duhring Dis. Skin 526 Anæsthesia may also result from traumatism. 1899Q. Rev. July 274 Such [diseases] as are the consequence of inorganic poisons or traumatisms. 2. Psychol. and Psychiatry. A morbid condition of the psyche resulting from repression to the unconscious of emotional wounds or shock which are unacceptable to the conscious mind. Also loosely in general use, a shock or unpleasantly startling experience.
1898H. Ellis in Alienist & Neurologist XIX. 610 They may be said to have shown conclusively, what has already been more or less hesitantly suggested by others, that the most typical hysteria is really a ‘psychic traumatism’. 1926J. I. Suttie tr. Ferenczi's Theory & Technique Psycho-Anal. 77 A certain amount of infantile sexual experience (that is to say, a little ‘sexual traumatism’). 1973D. Matias tr. C. Metz in Screen Spring/Summer 51 The actor gave the impression of reciting a sparse and laconic text which cut across the preceding silence producing a minor aesthetic traumatism for the spectator. |