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traumatic

[truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou-]

adjective

of, pertaining to, or produced by a trauma or wound.

adapted to the cure of wounds.

psychologically painful.

Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin traumaticus < Greek traumatikós pertaining to wounds, equivalent to traumat- (stem of traûma trauma) + -ikos -ic

Related forms

trau·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·trau·mat·ic, adjective

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trauma (ˈtrɔːmə)

—n , pl -mata, -mas
1.	psychol a powerful shock that may have long-lasting effects
2.	pathol any bodily injury or wound

[C18: from Greek: a wound]

traumatic

—*adj*

trau'matically

—*adv*

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