traumatic

English

Adjective

traumatic (comparative more traumatic, superlative most traumatic)

1. of, caused by, or causing trauma
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

     It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.

   • 2011, September 18, Don Thompson and Ken Ritter, “Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact”, Associated Press:

     "I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department […] . "It was traumatic."

Derived terms

• traumatic amenorrhea
• traumatic amputation
• traumatic anesthesia
• traumatic arrest
• traumatic asphyxia
• traumatic brain injury

Translations

of, caused by, or causing trauma

Catalan: traumàtic (ca) Czech: traumatický (cs) French: traumatique (fr) Galician: traumático (gl) German: traumatisch (de)

Italian: traumatico (it) Polish: traumatyczny (pl) Romanian: traumatic (ro) Spanish: traumático (es)