traumatismn.
/ˈtrɔːmətɪz(ə)m/, /ˈtraʊmətɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtraʊməˌtɪzəm/, /ˈtrɔməˌtɪzəm/, /ˈtrɑməˌtɪzəm/ 1. Pathology. The action of a wound or external injury in producing a morbid condition; the condition so produced.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > condition
woundednessa1640
traumatism1857
trauma1899
1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 427/1 Traumatism, the condition of the organism occasioned by a grave wound.
1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 526 Anæsthesia may also result from traumatism.
1899 Q. Rev. July 274 Such [diseases] as are the consequence of inorganic poisons or traumatisms.
2. Psychology 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.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > a psychic injury
trauma1894
traumatism1898
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > state of being shocked > [noun] > shocking thing
overcome1821
shocker1824
gross-out1966
traumatism1973
trauma1977
1898 H. 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’.
1926 J. I. Suttie tr. S. Ferenczi Further Contrib. Psycho-anal. 77 A certain amount of infantile sexual experience (that is to say, a little ‘sexual traumatism’).
1973 D. Matias tr. C. Metz in Screen Spring 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.
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