traumatic
trau·ma·tic
adjective
2.
3.
causing physical or especially psychological injury
- “a stabbing remark”
- “few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child”
- “wounding and false charges of disloyalty”
Origin
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.
Phrases
- chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- traumatic acid
- traumatic alopecia
- traumatic amenorrhea
- traumatic amputation
- traumatic anesthesia
- traumatic arrest
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