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Trauma   /trˈɔmə/   Listen
Trauma

noun
(pl. traumas, traumata)
1.
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..  Synonyms: harm, hurt, injury.
2.
An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects.  Synonym: psychic trauma.



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"Trauma" Quotes from Famous Books



... however, that the primary rise of temperature was similar to that seen when blood accumulates in the peritoneal cavity as the result of trauma, and the secondary rises in most cases to those which we saw so frequently accompanying the interstitial secondary haemorrhages spoken of in Chapter IV., and are to be explained on the theory of absorption of a blood ferment. The ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

... action of both injuries and parasites in causing tumors, the possibility that their effects on different individuals may not be the same must be considered. In addition to the trauma or the parasite which may be considered as extrinsic factors, there may be conditions of the body, intrinsic factors, which favor their action in tumor development. The peculiar tissue growth within the uterus called decidua, ...
— Disease and Its Causes • William Thomas Councilman



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