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Trauma (plurals: traumata, traumas) can represent:








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Trauma (plurals: traumata, traumas) can represent:

Psychological and Medical

  • Physical trauma
    Physical trauma

    Physical trauma refers to a body injury. A trauma patient is someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury with the potential for secondary complications such as Shock , respiratory failure and death....
    , an often serious and body altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb
    • Blunt force trauma
      Blunt force trauma

      Blunt force trauma may refer to:* Blunt trauma, a medical term referring to a type of physical trauma* Blunt Force Trauma , a band from Austin, Texas...
      , a type of physical trauma caused by impact or other force applied from or with a blunt object
    • Penetrating trauma
      Penetrating trauma

      Penetrating trauma is an injury that occurs when an object pierces the skin and enters a tissue of the body, creating an open wound. In blunt, or blunt trauma, there may be an impact, but the skin is not necessarily broken....
      , a type of physical trauma in which the skin or tissues are pierced by an object
  • Psychological trauma
    Psychological trauma

    Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. When that trauma leads to posttraumatic stress disorder, damage may involve physical changes inside the brain and to brain chemistry, which affect the person's ability to cope with Stress ....
    , an emotional or psychological injury, usually resulting from an extremely stressful or life-threatening situation
  • Post-cult trauma
    Post-cult trauma

    Post-cult trauma or post-cult syndrome is term describing trauma and other problems alleged to be the consequences of one leaving a group perceived as destructive cult....
    , the intense emotional problems that some members of cults and new religious movements experience upon disaffection and disaffiliation
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support
    Advanced Trauma Life Support

    Advanced Trauma Life Support is a training program for doctors and Advanced Practice/Critical Care Paramedics in the management of acute Physical trauma cases, developed by the American College of Surgeons....
  • Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills
    Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills

    The Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills course is a joint development between The Royal College of Surgeons of England, The Royal Centre for Defence Medicine and The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Washington DC, USA....
     (DSTS)


In comics

  • Trauma (comics)
    Trauma (comics)

    Trauma is a Fictional character comic book character. He is a teenage superhero in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. Created by writer Dan Slott and artist Stefano Caselli, he first appeared in Avengers: The Initiative #1 ....
    , a character associated with Avengers: The Initiative in the Marvel Universe


Film

  • Trauma (2004 film)
    Trauma (2004 film)

    Trauma is a 2004 in film psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and written by Richard Smith....
    , a psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and starring Colin Firth
  • Trauma (1993 film)
    Trauma (1993 film)

    Trauma is a 1993 in film film directed by Dario Argento who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film can be described as a giallo, that is a film with influences from the Horror fiction, Mystery fiction, and Thriller genres....
    , a horror film directed by Dario Argento
  • Also see Troma Entertainment
    Troma Entertainment

    Troma is a film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces very low-budget independent movies, many of which have developed cult film....
    , a film company specializing in independent, horror, and exploitation films


Games

  • Trauma Studios
    Trauma Studios

    Trauma Studios was an United States computer game developer company founded in 2003. They were most known for having created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of Battlefield 1942....
    , which created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of the computer game Battlefield 1942


Music

  • Day Twelve: Trauma (song)
    The Human Equation

    The Human Equation is the sixth album by Arjen Anthony Lucassen, released under the name Ayreon. It was released on May 25, 2004. As with other Ayreon albums, it features guest appearances from several musicians previously unrelated to the project, including James LaBrie of Dream Theater, Mikael ?kerfeldt of Opeth, Eric Clayton of...
    , by Ayreon
    Ayreon

    Ayreon is a project by Netherlands composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from Heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like Folk music, European classical music and electronica to form what some call a completely new style of music....
  • Trauma (song) by Ayumi Hamasaki
    Ayumi Hamasaki

    is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former actress. Also called Ayu by her fans, Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" due to her popularity and widespread influence in Japan....
  • Trauma (album)
    Trauma (album)

    Trauma is the seventh album by rapper/producer DJ Quik. It was released on September 13, 2005 and sold 100,000 copies through his own independent label Mad Science Records....
     by rapper/producer DJ Quik
  • Trauma Records
    Trauma Records

    Trauma Records is Los Angeles independent record label created in 1993 by Paul Palmer and Rob Kahane. Trauma Records had a Joint Venture Agreement with Interscope Records that included financing and distribution through Interscope Records....
    , a record label
  • Trauma (band), a Polish Deathmetal band
  • Trauma (band), an American Heavy-metal band


People

  • Trauma Flintstone
    Trauma Flintstone

    Trauma Flintstone is a San Francisco-based performance artist, musician, composer, arranger, cabaret, and Drag queen....
    , drag performer and actress


Sports Team

  • Baltimore Trauma
    Baltimore Trauma

    Baltimore Trauma is a professional paintball team based out of Greensboro, North Carolina. They compete in the National Xball League and National Professional Paintball League....
    , professional paintball team from North Carolina


Etymology

The word "trauma" came from Greek t?a?ľa = "a wound
Wound

In medicine, a wound is a type of injury in which the skin is torn, cut or punctured , or where blunt force physical trauma causes a bruise . In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin....
": compare the verb t?t??s?? (root
Root (linguistics)

The root is the primary lexicology unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantics content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents....
 t??) = "I injure".