Traumatism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The physical or psychological condition produced by trauma.
  • n. A wound or injury.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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."
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