traumatic
American
[truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou-]
/ trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- /
adjective
-
of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
-
adapted to the cure of wounds.
-
psychologically painful.
Other Word Forms
- traumatically adverb
- untraumatic adjective
Etymology
Origin of traumatic
First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin traumaticus, from Greek traumatikós “pertaining to wounds,” from traumat- (stem of traûma trauma ) + -ikos -ic
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
