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Definition of Birth trauma
1. Noun. Physical injury to an infant during the birth process.
2. Noun. Emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness.
Medical Definition of Birth trauma
1. Physical injury to an infant during its delivery, the supposed emotional injury, inflicted by events incident to birth, upon an infant which allegedly appears in symbolic form in patients with mental illness. Trauma from occlusion, a reversible lesion in the periodontium caused by excessive movement of teeth. Occlusal trauma, abnormal occlusal stresses capable of producing or which have produced pathologic changes in the tooth and its surrounding structures. Psychic trauma, an upsetting experience precipitating or aggravating an emotional or mental disorder. (05 Mar 2000)