/trow"meuh, traw"-/ , n. , pl. traumas, traumata /-meuh teuh/ .
1. Pathol.
a. a body wound or shock produced by sudden physical injury, as from violence or accident.
b. the condition produced by this; traumatism.
2. Psychiatry.
a. an experience that produces psychological injury or pain.
b. the psychological injury so caused.
[ 1685-95; traûma wound ]