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Traumatic

//tɹɔːˈmætɪk// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, caused by, or causing trauma.

    "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."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds. dated
  3. 3
    Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. dated

    "traumatick Decoctions"

  4. 4
    Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.

    "traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury"

Adjective
  1. 1
    psychologically painful wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary. dated

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

Etymology 2

From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.

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