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traumatism

[trou-muh-tiz-uhm, traw-] / ˈtraʊ məˌtɪz əm, ˈtrɔ- /


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It is not unusual to find ruptured urethrae following traumatism, and various explanations are given for it in the standard works on surgery.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

It would be foolish to deny the necessity of surgery in traumatism, and in abnormal conditions which require mechanical means of adjustment or treatment.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry

They began by regarding the most typical hysteria as really a psychic traumatism; that is to say, that it starts in a lesion, or rather in repeated lesions, of the emotional organism.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock

It is generally caused by traumatism, violent muscular efforts, or straining, and is much more frequent in tropic countries than elsewhere.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Verrier has collected the results of traumatism during pregnancy, and summarizes 61 cases.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)