单词 | trauma |
释义 | trauma (once / 2218 pages) n A trauma is a shock to the body or spirit. A car accident can cause physical trauma like broken bones while losing your dog on a walk is an emotional trauma. When you think of trauma think of blunt force. Trauma tends to come on all at once and be quite serious. Someone who experiences trauma will have either a traumatic injury or traumatic distress. Try not to use this term lightly. If you say that having to wait twenty minutes for a burger was a trauma, people will rightly accuse you of drama. WORD FAMILYtrauma: traumas, traumata, traumatic, traumatise, traumatize+/traumatic: traumatically/traumatise: traumatised/traumatize: traumatized, traumatizes, traumatizing USAGE EXAMPLESWhen officers got to the scene, they say they found a man with obvious gunshot trauma. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) A separate entrance for emergency care directly into the hospital means a high level of discretion for trauma cases. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The mother was treated and released from Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects Syn|Hypo|Hyper psychic trauma birth trauma emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic 2n any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper harm, hurt, injury brain damage injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. birth traumaphysical injury to an infant during the birth process blast traumainjury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces) bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhagethe flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel blunt traumainjury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car) bruise, contusionan injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration bumpa lump on the body caused by a blow burnan injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation dislocationa displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) electric shocktrauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness break, fracturebreaking of hard tissue such as bone cryopathy, frostbitedestruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene intravasationentry of foreign matter into a blood vessel penetrating injury, penetrating traumainjury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body pinchan injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed rupturestate of being torn or burst open bite, insect bite, stinga painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin straininjury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain whiplash, whiplash injuryan injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) wale, weal, welt, wheala raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions lesion, woundan injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) pull, twist, wrencha sharp strain on muscles or ligaments raw wounda wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue stigmatamarks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ abrasion, excoriation, scrape, scratchan abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off cut, gash, slash, slicea wound made by cutting lacerationa torn ragged wound bitea wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person bee stinga sting inflicted by a bee flea bitesting inflicted by a flea mosquito bitea sting inflicted by a mosquito haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic strokestroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain ecchymosisthe purple or black-and-blue area resulting from a bruise petechiaa minute red or purple spot on the surface of the skin as the result of tiny hemorrhages of blood vessels in the skin (as in typhoid fever) black eye, mouse, shinera swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye electric burna burn caused by heat produced by an electric current scorch, singea surface burn scalda burn cause by hot liquid or steam first-degree burnburn causing redness of the skin surface second-degree burnburn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis third-degree burnburn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis comminuted fracturefracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed complete fracturebreak involving the entire width of the bone compound fracture, open fracturebone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound compression fracturefracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) depressed fracturefracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in displaced fracturefracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another fatigue fracture, stress fracturefracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury capillary fracture, hairline fracturea fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin incomplete fracturefracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone impacted fracturefracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end closed fracture, simple fracturean uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin abarticulationdislocation of a joint diastasisseparation of an epiphysis from the long bone to which it is normally attached without fracture of the bone spondylolisthesisa forward dislocation of one vertebra over the one beneath it producing pressure on spinal nerves hernia, herniationrupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disca painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region spraina painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments immersion foot, trench footresembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet cerebral hemorrhagebleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain blood extravasationthe leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions hyphemableeding into the interior chamber of the eye metrorrhagiableeding from the uterus that is not due to menstruation; usually indicative of disease (as cervical cancer) epistaxis, nosebleedbleeding from the nose ulemorrhagiableeding of the gums health problem, ill health, unhealthiness a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain |
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