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traumatism

trau·ma·tism
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [trou-muh-tiz-uh m, traw-]
    • /ˈtraʊ məˌtɪz əm, ˈtrɔ-/
    • /trˈɔːmətˌɪzəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [trou-muh-tiz-uh m, traw-]
    • /ˈtraʊ məˌtɪz əm, ˈtrɔ-/

Definitions of traumatism word

  • noun traumatism any abnormal condition produced by a trauma. 1
  • noun traumatism the trauma or wound itself. 1
  • noun traumatism condition 1
  • noun traumatism any abnormal bodily condition caused by injury, wound, or shock 0
  • noun traumatism a trauma or the abnormal condition caused by it 0

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Origin of traumatism

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60, traumatism is from the Late Greek word traumatismós a wounding. See traumatic, -ism

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Parts of speech for Traumatism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

traumatism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for traumatism

noun traumatism

  • bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
  • jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.

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