traumatise

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trau⋅ma⋅tize

[trou-muh-tahyz, traw-]

–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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Main Entry: trau·ma·tize
Variant: also British trau·ma·tise /-"tIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms:-tized also British -tised; -tiz·ing also British -tis·ing
: to inflict a trauma upon <traumatized tissues> —trau·ma·ti·za·tion also British trau·ma·ti·sa·tion /"tro-m&t-&-'zA-sh&n, "trau-/ noun

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