Synonyms for Trauma
ˈtraʊ mə, ˈtrɔ-; -mə tətrau·ma

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1. injury, hurt, harm, traumanoun

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

   Synonyms:
   hurt, wound, injury, distress, detriment, harm, accidental injury, psychic trauma, impairment, suffering, trauma, damage, scathe, combat injury

2. trauma, psychic traumanoun

   an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

   Synonyms:
   injury, hurt, trauma, psychic trauma, harm

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1. List of paraphrases for "trauma":

   injury, shock, injuries, shocks, traumatic

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1. Sarah Larney:

   People might be surprised that although overdose was the most common cause of death, it's far from the only cause of death that people using opioids outside a prescription experience at excessive rates, smoking-related illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases are common. Trauma is another major factor. People are exposed to car accidents, assaults and other causes of injuries at greater than usual rates, and suicide is also much more common than in the broader population.

2. Tiffiny Blacknell:

   We know that the Black community in Los Angeles is reeling and searching for answers. We know nothing can heal the trauma the community is experiencing right now.

3. Lee Jaffe:

   Regrettably some of that era's understanding of homosexuality and gender identity can be attributed to the American psychoanalytic establishment, it is long past time to recognize and apologize for our role in the discrimination and trauma caused by our profession.

4. Pierre Suu/Getty Images -RRB- West:

   If the enemy can separate Kimye, there's going to be millions of families that feel like that separation is OK, but when God brings Kimye together, there's going to be millions of families that are going to be influenced to see that they can overcome the work of the separation, of trauma the devil has used to capitalize to keep people in misery while people step over homeless people to go to the Gucci store.

5. William Murphy:

   He lapsed into a coma, died, was resuscitated, stayed in a coma and on Monday underwent extensive surgery at Shock Trauma to save his life, he clung to life for seven days.