English noun: trauma |
1. | trauma (state) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
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| Synonyms | harm, hurt, injury |
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| Broader (hypernym) | health problem, ill health, unhealthiness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | birth trauma, bite, blast trauma, bleeding, blunt trauma, brain damage, break, bruise, bump, burn, contusion, cryopathy, dislocation, electric shock, fracture, frostbite, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, insect bite, intravasation, lesion, penetrating injury, penetrating trauma, pinch, pull, rupture, sting, strain, twist, wale, weal, welt, wheal, whiplash, whiplash injury, wound, wrench |
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2. | trauma (state) an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects |
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| Synonyms | psychic trauma |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | birth trauma |
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