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traumatise

[trou-muh-tahyz, traw-]

verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz·ing.

Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.

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

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traumatize or traumatise (ˈtrɔːməˌtaɪz)

—vb
1.	(tr) to wound or injure (the body)
2.	to subject or be subjected to mental trauma

traumatise or traumatise

—vb

traumati'zation or traumatise

—n

traumati'sation or traumatise

—n

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