BIRTH TRAUMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("birth trauma" is a kind of...):

psychic trauma; trauma (an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects)

Meaning:

Physical injury to an infant during the birth process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("birth trauma" is a kind of...):

harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)