Synonyms for trauma
ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-; -mə tətrau·ma

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1. injury, hurt, harm, traumanoun

   any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

   Synonyms:
   hurt, wound, injury, distress, detriment, harm, accidental injury, psychic trauma, impairment, suffering, damage, scathe, combat injury

2. trauma, psychic traumanoun

   an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

   Synonyms:
   injury, hurt, psychic trauma, harm

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1. List of paraphrases for "trauma":

   injury, shock, injuries, shocks, traumatic

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1. Mark Milley:

   What we want to do is make sure that the local communities take care of the coronavirus patient and we can handle the excess capacity that they won't have in terms of trauma ... and other more routine cases.

2. Liz Cruz:

   First, there was the trauma of the hurricane, then we had the trauma of leaving home and spending months in a small room in New York. Now comes this trauma.

3. Morris Zwi:

   There is a lot of interest in brain plasticity at the moment, a concept about the potential for brain cells to regenerate or change to meet the needs of the affected brain, this is why it is important to know whether the changes observed in association with trauma and depression are transitory or permanent, which this study cannot show.

4. Patrick Wildman:

   We don't know what about service could lead to increased risk of the disease in veterans, it could be a variety of factors from head trauma and excessive physical activity to exposures. It also could be a combination of a genetic predisposition with an environmental trigger.

5. Rebecca Campbell:

   Our work in Detroit can serve as a model for other communities in how to form multidisciplinary partnerships, develop evidence-based solutions for rape kit testing and help survivors heal from the trauma of rape.