traumatic

See also: traumàtic

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/

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• (US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /tɹɔˈmætɪk/
• (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /tɹɑˈmætɪk/, [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk]

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• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /tɹɒmˈætɪk/, [tɹɒmˈæɾɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tɹoːˈmætɪk/, [tɹoːˈmæɾɪk]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɹoːˈmɛtək/, [tɹoːˈmɛɾək]

Etymology 1

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma +‎ -tic.

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, 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."

2. (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
3. (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Several Chirurgical Treatises:

     traumatick Decoctions

4. Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.

   traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury

   • 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

Antonyms

• non-traumatic
• nontraumatic
• untraumatic

Derived terms

• atraumatic
• barotraumatic
• biotraumatic
• calciotraumatic
• chronic traumatic encephalopathy
• geotraumatic
• monotraumatic
• neurotraumatic
• peritraumatic
• phonotraumatic
• polytraumatic
• post-traumatic
• posttraumatic
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• pretraumatic
• psychotraumatic
• traumatic acid
• traumatically
• traumatic alopecia
• traumatic amenorrhea
• traumatic amputation
• traumatic anesthesia
• traumatic arrest
• traumatic asphyxia
• traumatic brain injury
• traumaticin
• traumatic insemination
• traumatic withdrawal syndrome

Translations

of, caused by, or causing trauma

• Afrikaans: traumaties
• Armenian: վնասվածքային (vnasvackʻayin)
• Bulgarian: травматичен m (travmatičen)
• Catalan: traumàtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: traumatický
• Danish: traumatisk
• Dutch: traumatisch (nl)
• Esperanto: traŭmata, traŭma
• Finnish: traumaattinen (fi)
• French: traumatique (fr)
• Galician: traumático (gl)
• Georgian: ტრავმატული (ṭravmaṭuli)
• German: traumatisch (de)
• Greek: τραυματικός (el) (travmatikós)
• Indonesian: traumatis (id), traumatik
• Italian: traumatico (it)
• Japanese: 外傷体験 (gaishō taiken)
• Kazakh: жарақаттық (jaraqattyq)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Māori: pāmamae (referring to feelings and emotions)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: traumatisk

  Nynorsk: traumatisk

• Polish: traumatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: traumático (pt)
• Romanian: traumatic (ro)
• Russian: травмати́ческий (ru) (travmatíčeskij)
• Spanish: traumático (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: gây chấn thương, gây sang chấn

Etymology 2

From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.

Noun

traumatic (plural traumatics)

1. (dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.

Interlingua

Adjective

traumatic (comparative plus traumatic, superlative le plus traumatic)

1. traumatic (pertaining to trauma)

Related terms

• trauma

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French traumatique, from Latin traumaticus. Equivalent to traumă +‎ -atic.

Adjective

traumatic m or n (feminine singular traumatică, masculine plural traumatici, feminine/neuter plural traumatice)

1. traumatic

Declension

Declension of traumatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	traumatic		traumatică	traumatici	traumatice
	definite	traumaticul		traumatica	traumaticii	traumaticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	traumatic		traumatice	traumatici	traumatice
	definite	traumaticului		traumaticei	traumaticilor	traumaticelor