traumatic en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
- /tɹoːˈmɛtək/ (New-Zealand)
- [tɹɒmˈæɾɪk] (Canada, dialectal) of the US
- (Texas) audio
- [tɹoːˈmæɾɪk] (Australia)
- [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk] (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
- /tɹoːˈmætɪk/ (Australia)
- /tɹɑˈmætɪk/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
- (Southern-England) audio
- /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
- [tɹoːˈmɛɾək] (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.
Meanings
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Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
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.
1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:"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."
2011 September 18, Don Thompson, Ken Ritter, Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact, Associated Press:
- (dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
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(dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
traumatick Decoctions
1676, Richard Wiseman, Several Chirurgical Treatises:
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Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury
Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most traumatic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more traumatic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
untraumatic · non-traumatic · nontraumatic
Deriveds
posttraumatic · atraumatic · chronic traumatic encephalopathy · phonotraumatic · traumatic anesthesia · calciotraumatic · traumatic acid · polytraumatic · traumatic brain injury · neurotraumatic · psychotraumatic · post-traumatic stress disorder · geotraumatic · peritraumatic · traumatic insemination · biotraumatic · monotraumatic · traumatic amenorrhea · pretraumatic · barotraumatic · traumatic alopecia · traumatic withdrawal syndrome · traumatically · traumaticin · post-traumatic · traumatic asphyxia · traumatic arrest · traumatic amputation
Translations (30)
es traumático (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · pt traumático (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · fr traumatique (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · vi gây chấn thương (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · nn traumatisk (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · ca traumàtic (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · vi gây sang chấn (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · id traumatik (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · id traumatis (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · af traumaties (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · pl traumatyczny (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · de traumatisch (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · nb traumatisk (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · da traumatisk (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · ka ტრავმატული (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · cs traumatický (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · mi pāmamae (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · gl traumático (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · it traumatico (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · ja 外傷体験 (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · ro traumatic (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · kk жарақаттық (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · eo traŭma (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · bg травматичен (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · fi traumaattinen (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · el τραυματικός (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · eo traŭmata (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · ru травмати́ческий (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · hy վնասվածքային (of, caused by, or causing trauma) · nl traumatisch (of, caused by, or causing trauma)