NOUN | state | birth trauma | physical injury to an infant during the birth process |
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state | birth trauma | emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness |
Meaning | Physical injury to an infant during the birth process. | |
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Broader | injury, hurt, harm, trauma | Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
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. | |
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Broader | trauma, psychic trauma | An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects |
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