traumatise
See also: traumatisé
English
Alternative forms
- traumatize (American English)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French traumatiser.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
- (transitive, psychiatry) To cause a trauma in.
- I was traumatised by a childhood experience.
Translations
to injure
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to cause a trauma
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
traumatise