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Traumatism

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traumanounAn emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
traumatizationnoun(psychology) The infliction of trauma; the act or process of traumatizing.
traumatic brain injurynoun(medicine) A traumatic injury to the brain caused by an external force.
macrotraumanoun(medicine) A major trauma injury, such as joint dislocation or bone fracture, characteristically sustained during a direct sudden event.
triggernoun(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
injurynounDamage to the body of a living thing.
amputationnounsurgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
trauma scissorsnounSynonym of trauma shears.
concussionnoun(uncountable in Commonwealth, countable in Canada, US) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
scarnounA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
casualtynounA person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
aftershocknoun(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
strainnoun(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
contusionnoun(medicine, countable) Synonym of bruise.
comminutionnoun(often mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.
woundnounAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
crisisnounAn unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
tragedynounA disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
strokenounAn act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
trauma shearsnounA kind of scissors with a bent blade, used by paramedics etc. to cut clothing quickly and safely from injured people.

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