Traumatism
noun, Pathology.
1.
any abnormal condition produced by a trauma.
2.
the trauma or wound itself.
noun
1.
any abnormal bodily condition caused by injury, wound, or shock
2.
(not in technical usage) another name for trauma (sense 2)
traumatism trau·ma·tism (trô’mə-tĭz’əm, trou’-)
n.
The physical or psychological condition produced by a trauma.
A wound or an injury.
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- Traumatization
verb (used with object), traumatized, traumatizing. 1. Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents. 2. Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience. verb 1. (transitive) to wound or injure (the body) 2. to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
- Traumatize
verb (used with object), traumatized, traumatizing. 1. Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents. 2. Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience. verb 1. (transitive) to wound or injure (the body) 2. to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
- Traumatized
verb (used with object), traumatized, traumatizing. 1. Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents. 2. Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience. verb 1. (transitive) to wound or injure (the body) 2. to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
- Traumatizing
verb (used with object), traumatized, traumatizing. 1. Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents. 2. Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience. verb 1. (transitive) to wound or injure (the body) 2. to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
- Traumato-
traumato- or traumat- pref. Wound; injury: traumatopnea.