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trau⋅ma⋅tize

  [trou-muh-tahyz, traw-]
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–verb (used with object), -tized, -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; < Gk traumatízein to wound. See traumatic, -ize

Related forms:
trau⋅ma⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
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