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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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I am an emergency physician at a busy trauma center, where patients now commonly check laboratory and radiology results via their patient portals before I have a chance to discuss those results with them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

"These families have suffered enough trauma, they need transparency and accountability now."

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Mallory comes across the Reddit advice to “Go gay, go sad, go dark” when trying to write a bestseller, and it’s a great example of the trendification of trauma and marginalized identities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

Helmets became a matter of keen public interest 20 years ago, after researchers linked football-related head trauma with the brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Kara Manning, 17, the second passenger, sustained severe head trauma when she was thrown from the car and as a result could not give investigators any information.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

There were hardships and traumas, periods of institutionalization.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

“Patients were tired of being told that their debilitating psychological problems . . . were caused by childhood traumas or bad parenting.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

His theory was that the problems of many troubled patients rested in forgotten psychic traumas, and through free association and the interpretation of dreams the key to the problems could be unlocked.

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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