trauma : Idioms & Phrases


birth trauma

  • noun physical injury to an infant during the birth process
  • noun 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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blast trauma

  • noun injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces)
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blunt trauma

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

  • noun injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body
    penetrating injury.
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psychic trauma

  • noun an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
    trauma.
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