trauma

noun

Serious injury to the body, as from physical violence or an accident.

noun

Severe emotional or mental distress caused by an experience.

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An experience that causes severe anxiety or emotional distress, such as rape or combat.

noun

An event or situation that causes great disruption or suffering.

noun

An abnormal condition of the living body produced by external violence, as distinguished from that produced by poisons, zymotic infection, bad habits, and other less evident causes; traumatism; an accidental wound, as distinguished from one caused by the surgeon’s knife in an operation.

noun

External violence producing bodily injury; the act of wounding, or infliction of a wound.

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

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An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.