traumata

Variant of trauma

trauma definition

trauma (trô′mə, trä′-)

noun pl. traumas -·mas or traumata -·mata (-mə tə)

  1. Med. a bodily injury, wound, or shock
  2. Psychiatry a painful emotional experience, or shock, often producing a lasting psychic effect and, sometimes, a neurosis

Etymology: ModL < Gr trauma (gen. traumatos): for IE base see throe

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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