TRAUMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: traumata

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

Synonyms:

psychic trauma; trauma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trauma"):

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

Derivation:

traumatic (psychologically painful)

traumatize (inflict a trauma upon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

Synonyms:

harm; hurt; injury; trauma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

health problem; ill health; unhealthiness (a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trauma"):

pull; twist; wrench (a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments)

lesion; wound (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

wale; weal; welt; wheal (a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions)

whiplash; whiplash injury (an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident))

strain (injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain)

bite; insect bite; sting (a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)

rupture (state of being torn or burst open)

pinch (an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed)

penetrating injury; penetrating trauma (injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body)

intravasation (entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel)

cryopathy; frostbite (destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene)

break; fracture (breaking of hard tissue such as bone)

electric shock (trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness)

dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))

burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)

bump (a lump on the body caused by a blow)

bruise; contusion (an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration)

blunt trauma (injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car))

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)

blast trauma (injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces))

birth trauma (physical injury to an infant during the birth process)

brain damage (injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.)

Derivation:

traumatic (of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body)

traumatise; traumatize (inflict a trauma upon)

Credits

Context examples:

A coma may be caused by many things, including trauma, drugs, toxins, or certain diseases.

(Coma, NCI Dictionary)

Other causes include allergens, chemical substances, and trauma.

(Pharyngitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include spinal cord tumors, spinal traumas, ischemia, and inflammatory processes affecting the spine.

(Brown-Sequard Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The result of physical trauma sustained in an explosion.

(Blast Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

Penetrating and nonpenetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; NECK INJURIES; and trauma to the facial region are conditions associated with cranial nerve injuries.

(Cranial Nerve Injury, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Causes include infection, autoimmune processes, degenerative processes, and trauma.

(Arthritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Brachial plexus injuries can occur as a result of shoulder trauma, tumors, or inflammation.

(Brachial Plexus Injuries, NIH)

Drugs intended to prevent damage to the brain or spinal cord from ischemia, stroke, convulsions, or trauma.

(Neuroprotective Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is can be congenital, trauma related or secondary to another medical condition for example an infarction.

(Cerebral Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

It can occur following surgical procedures, inflammation, stone formation, or trauma.