trauma
/ˈtɹɔm.ə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: insult (contextually synonymous); see also Thesaurus:injury"
- "mild trauma"
- "major trauma"
- "We're not talking about paper cuts or sprains here — we're talking about trauma."
- "Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE."
- "What these patients eventually realized was that they all had trauma that had fed into their addictions."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma)der. English trauma From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: τραῦμα
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹɔm.ə/
- British English: /ˈtɹɔː.mə/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.