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traumatic
[ truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou- ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- adapted to the cure of wounds.
- psychologically painful.
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Other Words From
- trau·mati·cal·ly adverb
- untrau·matic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of traumatic1
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Example Sentences
If you think divorce between two people is messy and traumatic, imagine divorcing yourself.
I am only able to ignore because I have had to have these conversations in person and that is the most traumatic experience.
It is often the least visible but sometimes deadliest of injuries: traumatic brain injury (TBI).
She recalls a particularly traumatic conversation with a HBO executive soon after the plug was pulled on The Comeback.
I might be the first person ever diagnosed with, “PTED” – Post-Traumatic Election Ad Disorder.
It is also suitable for cases of traumatic and paralytic origin.
The traumatic form is excessively obstinate and intractable.
He considers ringbone as articular, periarticular, rachitic and traumatic.
This is termed phlegmonous erysipelas, and is much more apt to occur in connexion with the traumatic variety of the disease.
The fact, however, that traumatic causes are detailed in other works on the same subject compels us to give them mention here.
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