trauma
Any injury to the body of a living thing.
Noun 3 meanings
Any injury to the body of a living thing.
“Near-synonyms: insult (contextually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:injury”
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
“What these patients eventually realized was that they all had trauma that had fed into their addictions.”
An event that causes great distress.
“The earthquake here 14 years ago was a national trauma that still affects the economy today.”
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
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TRAUMA at a glance
TRAUMA has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + U 1 + M 3 + A 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,650 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with trauma
All rhymes- PUMA8
- DUMA7
- HUMA9
- SATSUMA9
- LUMA6
- DOUMA8
- PNEUMA10
- OUMA6
- STRUMA8
- CURCUMA13
- BAROTRAUMA14
- MAZUMA19
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