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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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