The Collaborative International Dictionary
Traumatism
Traumatism \Trau"ma*tism\, n. (Med.) A wound or injury directly produced by causes external to the body; also, violence producing a wound or injury; as, rupture of the stomach caused by traumatism.
Wiktionary
traumatism
n. A physical or mental injury that is the result of trauma
Usage examples of "traumatism".
After an eighty-five-year suspension, he’d come out of traumatism in barely three months, a statistic for the record books, considered especially remarkable for someone not revived by friends or loved ones.