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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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The SUV’s 34-year-old male driver — the sole person in the vehicle — was taken to a local trauma center and was in critical condition, Middleton said.

From Los Angeles Times

Glymphatic function continued to drop in fighters who sustained ongoing head trauma.

From Science Daily

He also insinuated that his son was less than a man, a trauma that might explain Shepard’s stoic cowboy persona as well as his fear that his father was right.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, she says: "The fundamental cause of his behaviour is being totally missed and ignored. The trauma is being totally ignored."

From BBC

But the real star of “Sentimental Value” is the family’s gorgeous dragestil architectural-style home, which has stayed in the family for decades, absorbing both the celebrations and traumas of its generations of inhabitants.

From The Wall Street Journal