Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun birth_trauma

2 senses of birth trauma

Sense 1
birth trauma -- (physical injury to an infant during the birth process)
       => injury, hurt, harm, trauma -- (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Sense 2
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)
       => trauma, psychic trauma -- (an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects)