traumatism:
- any abnormal condition, either pathological or psychological, caused by wound or injury, either physical or psychological
- the trauma, wound, or injury itself
Note: The adjective is: traumatic.
Example: One medical publication described the Battle of Borodino as “an extreme case of mass traumatism”. Indeed, the Russian army lost about 50,000 of officers and men of whom not less than 30,000 suffered from wounds of different severity. [Reference: 1812: Who healed wounded Russian soldiers in 1812? Part III]
- any abnormal condition, either pathological or psychological, caused by wound or injury, either physical or psychological
- the trauma, wound, or injury itself
Note: The adjective is: traumatic.
Example: One medical publication described the Battle of Borodino as “an extreme case of mass traumatism”. Indeed, the Russian army lost about 50,000 of officers and men of whom not less than 30,000 suffered from wounds of different severity. [Reference: 1812: Who healed wounded Russian soldiers in 1812? Part III]