τραύμα

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Greek

Etymology

from Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma). For sense in psychiatry, semantic loan from English trauma, from the Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾav.ma/
  • Hyphenation: τραύ‧μα

Noun

τραύμα (trávman (plural τραύματα)

  1. (medicine) wound, injury
    Synonyms: πληγή (pligí), πλήγωμα (plígoma), λαβωματιά (lavomatiá)
  2. (figuratively, psychiatry) trauma, blow, shock
    Synonyms: πληγή (pligí), πλήγωμα (plígoma)

Declension

References

  1. ^ τραύμα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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