Trauma

In physical medicine, major trauma is injury or damage to a biological organism caused by physical harm from an external source. Major trauma is also injury that can potentially lead to serious long-term outcomes like chronic pain.

A traumatic injury is an injury caused by external force, but which does not rise to the level of major trauma. Traumatic injuries are distinguished from other causes of injury, such as iatrogenic injuries.

In psychology, psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event.

Trauma may also refer to:

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