traumatic

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/tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
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/tɹɔːˈmætɪk/ · /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ (US) · /tɹɑˈmætɪk/ · [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk] · /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ · [tɹɒmˈæɾɪk] · /tɹoːˈmætɪk/ · [tɹoːˈmæɾɪk] · /tɹoːˈmɛtək/ · [tɹoːˈmɛɾək]

Definition of traumatic

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
    “It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.”
    “"I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department[…]. "It was traumatic."”
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adj

  1. Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
    “It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.”
    “"I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department[…]. "It was traumatic."”
  2. (dated)Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
  3. (dated)Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
    “traumatick Decoctions”
  4. Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
    “traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury”
    “Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.”

noun

  1. (dated)A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

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