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traumatism definition

trau·ma·tism (-tiz′əm)

noun

a trauma or the abnormal condition caused by it

Etymology: < Gr trauma (see trauma) + -ism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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