traumatic
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
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Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
adjective
- 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.
"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."
- 2
datedOf or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
- 3
datedAdapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
traumatick Decoctions
- 4
Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury
Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
Etymology
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.
noun
- 1
datedA medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
Etymology
From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.
Forms
- plural
- traumatics
- comparative
- more traumatic
- superlative
- most traumatic
traumatic · Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
traumatized · Injured, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or…travel · To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with…traveled · Frequented by travelers.