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TRAUMA

\tɹˈɔːmə], \tɹˈɔːmə], \t_ɹ_ˈɔː_m_ə]\

Definitions of TRAUMA

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A wound.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

traw'ma, n. an abnormal condition of the body caused by external injury.--adj. TRAUMAT'IC, produced by wounds.--adv. TRAUMAT'ICALLY.--n. TRAUM'ATISM, trauma. [Gr., a wound.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

[Greek] A wound or other injury.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Morbid condition of body produced by wound or external violence. So traumatism n. [Greek]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

A wound or injury.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Pl., traumata. A wound or injury.
External violence producing bodily injury.
In psychoanalysis an occurrence, actual or a product of phantasy, which produces psychical disturbance. [Gr.].

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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