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traumatic

[truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou-] / trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- /




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A spinal injury, traumatic brain injury or other serious medical claim is different.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Issues such as having a parent or sibling with dementia, as well as traumatic brain injury, increase your overall dementia risk, however.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Many Flores residents have traumatic memories of another 7.7-magnitude quake that hit the island in 1992, triggering a tsunami and killing about 2,500.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Knox told the BBC she is not the first person to use comedy to talk about traumatic events and said her material focuses on "how the world is unsafe and unfair towards women".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

They were excitable, some suffering from post- traumatic stress disorder.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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