traumatisme
trauma
noun troh-mah-TEEZ-muh Rare
Origin: Greek 'trauma' (wound)
Usage Note
Traumatisme covers both physical trauma (a head injury) and psychological trauma. The verb traumatiser means 'to traumatize', and traumatisant is the adjective ('traumatizing'). The term traumatisme crânien specifically refers to a head/brain injury in medical contexts.
Examples
"Il souffre encore d'un traumatisme de l'enfance."
Natural Translation
He still suffers from a childhood trauma.
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