a powerful shock that may have long-lasting effects
2. pathology
any bodily injury or wound
Derived forms
traumatic (trɔːˈmætɪk)
adjective
traumatically (trauˈmatically)
adverb
Word origin
C18: from Greek: a wound
Examples of 'traumata' in a sentence
traumata
War-related traumata were reported by 92.7% and non-war-related traumata by 82.3%; 40.2% experienced traumatic eventswith occupational forces.
Tobias M. Glück, Ulrich S. Tran, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster 2012, 'PTSD and trauma in Austria's elderly: influence of wartime experiences, postwarzone of occupation, and life time traumatization on today's mental health status—aninterdisciplinary approach', European Journal of Psychotraumatologyhttp://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net/index.php/ejpt/article/view/17263/pdf_1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)