trauma

Definition

Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Example Sentences

• "Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE."
• "Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years."
• "And although it doesn’t mean acting like an infant again, it does require recognizing that many of the thoughts and behaviors you’d like to change come from lingering feelings of childhood traumas or your inner child, said Dr. Avigail Lev, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Bay Area CBT Center in San Francisco."