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Another word for trauma

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trauma

n.

shock, injury, wound, ordeal; see injury 1.

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Another word for trauma

noun

Marked tissue damage, especially when produced by physical injury:
traumatism, wound. See help
(Psychiatry)
Something that jars the mind or emotions:
blow², jolt, shock¹. See strike

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Artistic endeavors have also been a way for many trauma survivors to express inner feelings in a positive, creative way.
But all indications are that the effects of the nervous trauma of battle vis à vis shell shock was equally prevalent in all ranks.
Martha is a trauma nurse in a large Boston hospital.
She didn't exactly feel grateful to him, though, not with the emotional trauma he put her through.
She made one anyway and forced herself to eat it, blaming her recent trauma for her queasiness.

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