trauma

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsinjuryhurtharm

   Broaderill health

   Narrowerbrain damagebirth traumablast traumableedingblunt traumabruisebumpburndislocationelectric shock
2. 2.

   an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

   Synonymspsychic trauma

   Broaderpsychological state

   Narrowerbirth trauma

Other forms of trauma

plural

traumata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trauma

What does trauma mean?

trauma means "any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trauma?

trauma has 2 syllables: trau-ma. The stress falls on "trau". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɔmə/.

What is another word for trauma?

Close synonyms include injury, hurt, harm, psychic trauma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trauma a common word?

trauma is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.