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birth trauma

noun

Simple meaning

Emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness.

Pronunciation

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burthtrawmuh

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈbɝθtɹɔmə

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Definition

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noun

  1. Emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness

  2. Physical injury to an infant during the birth process

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

This meaning: Emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness

Used this way, birth trauma is a specialist word with a clearly unfavourable pull. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.

Emotional tone
Negative
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Moderate
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Serious and weighty
Usage feel
Clinical and detached

Where it naturally appears

  • Medicine/healthcare
  • Science
  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

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