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trauma

[trau-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon from California who had worked with both Abu Shaaira and Odainy during his time in Gaza, described the attack as “an unforgivable crime.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Has he always grasped these causal links between his childhood trauma and his subsequent career?

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

In a social media post, Waxman wrote that "victims need confidence that the justice process is fair and based on evidence, not myths and false assumptions about rape and trauma".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

The trauma of that experience was probably far deeper and more injurious than we wanted to admit, so we just sort of sleepwalked as events cascaded around us, feeling emotionally distanced and impotent.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

But as the kids became more comfortable with her, they would reveal details about their experiences that showed Luma how the trauma they’d experienced was still affecting them.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

He knew the details of his family traumas would shatter his venerable image; any lapse of discretion triggered his anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

"I think that the traumas that we suffer as a child not fitting into your skin, into your identity, I think that then can play out later in life," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Others are putting their money on Antiguan-American author Jamaica Kincaid, whose work deals with exile, identity and the traumas inherited from colonialism, or on Chinese writer Can Xue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Lincoln’s fate has been the most heavily publicized, but it isn’t the only aircraft carrier to suffer these traumas.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

“He had problems, possibly certain childhood traumas that had affected him. He was misunderstood. Underneath I think he was a caring and sensitive person.”

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Absorption takes place from the inner surface of the uterus or from traumata in the genital canal.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

The principal causes of primary keratitis are traumata and infection from the conjunctiva.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

We shall refer later on to those other exactly similar cases of cyclical depression which can nevertheless easily be traced back to mental traumata.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud


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