trauma

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
noun an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).

Got a pectoral trauma, eh, Dix? — Ulysses, James Joyce
Both the visceral and parietal pleura are intact overlying these areas of trauma. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
"Basically, we don't know enough to accurately predict the ef- fects of trauma to the brain. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

injury, hurt, harm

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