trauma
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Doctors we spoke to do point out that each episode of The Pitt brings together several urgent trauma cases which typically might be spread across 24 hours or more.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
K Kawshigan claimed that Nora Tan's rejection brought him emotional trauma and caused damage to his reputation.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Thomasin McKenzie plays a young woman, Alyce, steeped in her own trauma and loss, who attaches herself to the ploughman, and her ability to express wide-eyed, barely contained hysteria and fear is unmatched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Children can, at times, sense their parents’ trauma surfacing in seemingly unrelated interactions, when Mom loses her temper or Dad goes silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
He’s suffered a great trauma, which has left him weak both mentally and physically.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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"It's good to help others get through major disasters and traumas."
From BBC ● Sep. 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
That is where we break generational cycles and traumas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
There’s, like, ten different potential historical traumas that have messed us up enough that we can still talk to dead people, I guess.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
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
He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
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
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