Definitions for trauma

trauma trau·ma

Spelling: [trou-muh, traw-]
IPA: /ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-/

Trauma is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in trauma (aamrtu).

Definitions for trauma

noun

  1. Pathology. a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident. the condition produced by this; traumatism.
  2. Psychiatry. an experience that produces psychological injury or pain. the psychological injury so caused.

Origin of trauma

First recorded in 1685-95, trauma is from the Greek word traûma wound

Examples for trauma

A large opening is thus obtained with a minimum amount of trauma.

The 54-year-old trauma doctor and father of three is suffering from heart disease.

(a) The stomach is rarely the seat of local infection, even in ruminants, except as the result of trauma.

For them, the trauma of assault can be compounded by a lack of institutional support, and even disciplinary action.

This trauma of division is a recurring trauma in the Albanian psyche.

Does he give in to the trauma or does he embrace all of the lessons he has learned?

The unconsciousness of trauma or apoplexy is accompanied by focal neurological signs.

Question them, and you are colluding in exacerbating the awful effects of their trauma.

Not infrequently, the result of a trauma, division of the tendo Achillis occurs.

It doesn't make you a better person because you endured the indignity and trauma of it.

Word Value for trauma
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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