traumatize

[trou-muh-tahyz, traw-]

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verb (used with object), trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing.

Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience.

Also especially British, trau·ma·tise.

Origin of traumatize

First recorded in 1900–05, traumatize is from the Greek word traumatízein to wound. See traumatic, -ize

Related formstrau·ma·ti·za·tion, nounun·trau·ma·tized, adjective

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Related Words for traumatization

blow, stress, ordeal, upheaval, torture, agony, shock, wound, damage, strain, suffering, confusion, injury, anguish, disturbance, collapse, upset, jolt, hurt, derangement

British Dictionary definitions for traumatization

traumatize

traumatise

verb

(tr) to wound or injure (the body)
to subject or be subjected to mental trauma

Derived Formstraumatization or traumatisation, noun

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Word Origin and History for traumatization

traumatize

1903, of physical wounds; 1949 in the psychological sense, from Greek traumat-, stem of trauma (see trauma).