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trauma

[trau-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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This buildup suggests that Shanidar A survived the original trauma rather than dying immediately.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Yes, there is often trauma associated with a scar, but we experience joy, love and success just like everyone else.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Before the movie’s release, Chin met with Nelson’s sons and a therapist skilled at helping victims re-experiencing trauma through film or other media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Researchers found Stage 3 CTE, intensifying concerns about brain trauma in racing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

I was thinking about all of the trauma and difficulty that had followed him home from Vietnam.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Others are putting their money on Antiguan-American author Jamaica Kincaid, whose work deals with exile, identity and the traumas inherited from colonialism, or on Chinese writer Can Xue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Still others have argued that collectors are “damaged personalities who have been driven to collect in attempts to repair traumas experienced in early infancy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"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

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

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

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


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