traumatism

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It is a cruel process, but a crampy will in childhood means moral traumatism of some sort in the adult.

From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by Hall, G. Stanley

It is essentially a chronic disorder, the affected patch remaining unchanged for months at a time, and then exhibiting aggravation in consequence of accidental exposure to heat or traumatism.

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

Acute bursitis and thecitis is of frequent occurrence in horses because of direct injury from contusion, punctures and other forms of traumatism.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

This injury was caused by a blow or traumatism.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

They began by regarding the most typical hysteria as really a psychic traumatism; that is to say, that it starts in a lesion, or rather in repeated lesions, of the emotional organism.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock