birth trauma

Definitions of birth trauma

1. noun

   physical injury to an infant during the birth process
   type of:

   harm, hurt, injury, trauma

   any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
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
   type of:

   psychic trauma, trauma

   an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects