verb (used with object), trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing. 1.Pathology. to injure (tissues) by
force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
2.Psychiatry. to cause a
trauma in (the mind):
to be traumatized by a childhood experience.
Also, especially British, trau·ma·tise.
Origin: 1900–05; <
Greek traumatízein to wound. See
traumatic,
-ize Related forms trau·ma·ti·za·tion, noun
un·trau·ma·tized, adjective