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trauma

[trou-muh, traw-] / ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ- /


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But I'll tell you what wasn't the right thing, the trauma of victims, who have been through so much already, have had to go through to fight for this.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Despite experiencing significant physical trauma, the princesses appear to have received medical treatment that allowed them to recover.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Media coverage of the case has revived trauma that had been buried for decades.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

The team submitted a referral to Valley Oasis, a provider of trauma and homeless services and housing, a spokesman for the county Department of Homeless Services and Housing said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The city had overcome the trauma of the ’67 riots.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Posing painful questions to ourselves about our own traumas and struggles can be therapeutic.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

They had grandparents for the kids to stay with, so they did not go—as tens of thousands do each year—into state custody, with the many attendant traumas that entails.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

As tensions grow between him and his therapist, Mary, played by Renate Reinsve, Clark discovers the store's route to the Backrooms - a space that begins to prey upon the pair's unresolved traumas.

From BBC May 29, 2026

One of the country's least-discussed postwar problems is how frequently combat veterans bring the traumas of war back with them and are incarcerated after returning to their communities.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Absorption takes place from the inner surface of the uterus or from traumata in the genital canal.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

He received several head traumata and suffered from enuresis in his early life.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various

The principal causes of primary keratitis are traumata and infection from the conjunctiva.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

We shall refer later on to those other exactly similar cases of cyclical depression which can nevertheless easily be traced back to mental traumata.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Sigmund Freud




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