Traumatic

/tɹɔːˈmætɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, caused by, or causing trauma..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
2. (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
3. (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
4. Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
5. (dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.

Example Sentences

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."

traumatick Decoctions

traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury

Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

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Word Forms

• more traumatic
• most traumatic
• traumatics

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