Trauma

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trauma
       n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
            accident or fracture etc. [syn: {injury}, {hurt}, {harm}]
       2: an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting
          effects [syn: {psychic trauma}]
       [also: {traumata} (pl)]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "trauma":
     abrasion, ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, anaphylactic shock,
     battle fatigue, blemish, blow, break, burn, chafe, check, chip,
     collapse, combat fatigue, concussion, conflict, crack, crackle,
     craze, cut, decompensation, derangement, disturbance,
     emotional shock, external frustration, flash burn, fracture, fray,
     frazzle, frustration, gall, gash, hurt, hypoglycemic shock,
     incision, injury, laceration, lesion, mental shock, mortal wound,
     mutilation, neurogenic shock, protein shock, psychological stress,
     puncture, rent, rip, run, rupture, scald, scorch, scrape, scratch,
     scuff, second-degree burn, secondary shock, serum shock,
     shell shock, shock, slash, sore, stab, stab wound, stress,
     surgical shock, tear, thanatosis, third-degree burn, traumatism,
     upset, wound, wound shock, wounds immedicable, wrench