1. physical injury to an infant during the birth process;
2. emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
birth trauma
n 1: physical injury to an infant during the birth process
2: emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to
birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients
with mental illness