Trauma (redirected from Traumatised)

trauma /trau·ma/ (traw´mah) (trou´mah) pl. traumas, trau´mata   [Gr.]

1. injury.

2. psychological or emotional damage.traumat´ic

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birth trauma 

1. an injury to the infant during the process of being born.

2. the psychic shock produced in an infant by the experience of being born.

psychic trauma  a psychologically upsetting experience that produces a mental disorder or otherwise has lasting negative effects on a person's thoughts, feelings, or behavior.

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trau·ma (trôm, trou-)

n. pl. trau·mas or trau·ma·ta (-m-t)

1. A serious bodily injury or shock, as from violence or an accident.

2. A severely disturbing experience that leads to lasting psychological or emotional impairment.

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trau·matic (-mtk) adj.

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Trauma

A disastrous or life-threatening event that can cause severe emotional distress. DID is associated with trauma in a person's early life or adult experience.

Mentioned in: Acute Stress Disorder, Dissociative Disorders, Hemophilia, Life Support, Multiple Personality Disorder, Traditional Chinese Medicine

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trauma (träˑ·m),

n any physical or emotional injury due to sudden or violent action, exposure to dangerous toxins or profound shock.

Transverse (horizontal) plane.

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trauma (trou´m, trô´m),

n a hurt; a wound; an injury; damage; impairment; external violence producing bodily injury or degeneration.

trauma, cumulative,

n medical condition developing in the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems and musculoskeletal system due to forceful, awkward, and repetitive bodily motions as well as exposure to cold temperatures, mechanical stress, and vibrations.

trauma, injury in occlusal,

n the damaging effects of occlusal trauma, which are of a dystrophic nature and affect the tooth and its periodontium. Lesions include wear facets on the tooth, root resorption, cemental tears, thrombosis of blood vessels of the periodontal membrane, necrosis and hyalinization of the periodontal mem-brane on the pressure side, and resorption of alveolar and supporting bone. Clinically, tooth mobility and migration may be evident; radiographically, evidence includes the widening of the periodontal membrane space and fraying or fuzziness of the lamina dura and formation of infrabony resorptive defects. Pocket formation is not a sequela to occlusal traumatism.

trauma, occlusal,

n abnormal occlusal relationships of the teeth, causing injury to the periodontium.

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trauma

a wound or injury, especially damage produced by external force, e.g. surgical operation, impact, blunt instrument.

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birth trauma

an injury to the fetus during the process of being born.

trauma score

a numerical assessment of injuries suffered as a result of trauma. Several systems are used, including the Glasgow Coma Scale and the Revised Trauma Score.

self-inflicted trauma

see self-trauma.

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trauma A physical or emotional wound or injury. See Alternobaric trauma, Atmospheric inner ear barotrauma, Barotrauma, Birth trauma, Childhood trauma, Implantation trauma, Penetrating trauma, Phonotrauma.