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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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As is the case now, trauma patients, such as those that have been involved in road traffic accidents, will be transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for treatment.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Apart from material assistance, volunteers seek to provide some measure of emotional salve for the communal trauma.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Dwyer: We had some ideas about how he would come to terms with the trauma.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

But Federico suggests that avoidance may actually do the most harm in exacerbating trauma symptoms.

From Slate Aug. 10, 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

That is where we break generational cycles and traumas.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

They had grandparents for the kids to stay with, so they did not go—as tens of thousands do each year—into state custody, with the many attendant traumas that entails.

From Slate Jul. 7, 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

Both Clark and Mary wrestle with their individual traumas, but the specific points of their histories are explored with less interest than the Backrooms themselves.

From Salon May 30, 2026

But he was still recovering from the trauma of the war as well as some serious traumas that preceded his military experience.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

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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