traumatic

[ truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou- ]

/ trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- /

of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.

adapted to the cure of wounds.

psychologically painful.

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1650–60; < Late Latin traumaticus < Greek traumatikós pertaining to wounds, equivalent to traumat- (stem of traûma trauma) + -ikos -ic

trau·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbun·trau·mat·ic, adjective

If you think divorce between two people is messy and traumatic, imagine divorcing yourself.
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I am only able to ignore because I have had to have these conversations in person and that is the most traumatic experience.
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It is often the least visible but sometimes deadliest of injuries: traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury|Jean Kim|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some people, with traumatic events, you get closer or you get further away.
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He also was diagnosed with “head, neck, wrist and back injuries – and the biggest was TBI, or traumatic brain injury.”
When the War Comes Home|Sara Stewart|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every variety of traumatic aneurism was met with, and most frequently of all, perhaps, aneurismal varices and varicose aneurisms.
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The case of Whittaker and Ransohoff survived the exploratory puncture, but Harley's case proved fatal from traumatic peritonitis.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
It is also suitable for cases of traumatic and paralytic origin.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
The chemicals whose action is direct, as caustic, include a third variety of the traumatic causes.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
It is liable to traumatic affections from a fall on the shoulder, pressure, or over-use of the limb.
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