traumanoun [ U or C ]
uk/ˈtrɔː.mə//ˈtraʊ.mə/us/ˈtrɑː.mə/trauma noun [ U or C ] (SHOCK)
C2 (a) severe emotional shock and pain caused by an extremely upsetting experience:
the trauma of marriage breakdown
He had psychotherapy to help him deal with his childhood traumas.
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Mental & psychiatric disorders
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- eating disorder
- learning difficulties
- male menopause
- melancholia
- obsessive
- paranoia
- persecution complex
- PTSD
- sad
- schizophrenia
- schizophrenic
- seasonal affective disorder
- Sen
- Stockholm syndrome
- visual variant of Alzheimer's disease
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trauma noun [ U or C ] (INJURY)
specialized medical (a) severe injury, usually caused by a violent attack or an accident
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Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- gash
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- muscle
- pull
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wound 1
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