Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Traumatic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Traumatic \Trau*mat"ic\, a. [L. traumaticus, Gr. ?, from ?, ?, a
wound: cf. F. traumatique.] (Med.)
(a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. --Coxe.
(b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. --Wiseman.
(c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus. -- n. A
traumatic medicine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
traumatic
adj 1: of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
2: psychologically painful
3: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a
stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than
losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of
disloyalty" [syn: {stabbing}, {wounding}]
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