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TRAUMA
Definition of TRAUMA
- an injury (as a wound) to living tissue caused by an extrinsic agent
- disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury
- emotional upset the personal trauma of an executive who is not living up to his own expectations Karen W. Arenson
- agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma
- bodily injury
- experience causing lasting psychological harm
- a severe emotional shock [n TRAUMAS, TRAUMATA]