n. A physical or mental injury that is the result of trauma
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Any morbid condition produced by wounds or other external violence; trauma.
Word Usage
"The author finds fault with the common use of the word traumatism in the sense of trauma, and correctly draws attention to the fact that traumatism should express a general condition, whereas, trauma should be used as indicative of a local lesion."