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traumatic

[truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou-] / trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- /




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Turning the page didn’t work after the most traumatic event in American history.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

Detours into Lindsay’s traumatic childhood, for example, and into her current profession as an audiobook narrator seem somewhat extraneous.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

PTSD, a mental health condition that is attributable to events, can mean that traumatic incidents can come to mind at any time, said Dr Michael Duffy.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In rat models, they found proof of concept that the approach could be useful for traumatic brain injury and pulmonary arterial hypertension.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

I happened to recount this to a group of medical professionals at a convention of the American Public Health Association, and a psychiatrist suggested it was probably post- traumatic stress disorder.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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