traumatic
See also: traumàtic
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
Etymology 1
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma).
Adjective
traumatic (comparative more traumatic, superlative most traumatic)
- 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 and 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."
-
- (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
- (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
- 1676, Richard Wiseman, Several Chirurgical Treatises:
- traumatick Decoctions
-
- Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
- traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury
Antonyms
- non-traumatic
- nontraumatic
- untraumatic
Derived terms
Derived terms
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- traumatic amenorrhea
- traumatic amputation
- traumatic anesthesia
- traumatic arrest
- traumatic asphyxia
- traumatic brain injury
Translations
of, caused by, or causing trauma
|
Etymology 2
From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.
Noun
traumatic (plural traumatics)
- (dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
Interlingua
Adjective
traumatic (comparative plus traumatic, superlative le plus traumatic)
- traumatic (pertaining to trauma)
Related terms
- trauma
Romanian
Etymology
From French traumatique, from Latin traumaticus. Equivalent to traumă + -atic.
Adjective
traumatic m or n (feminine singular traumatică, masculine plural traumatici, feminine and neuter plural traumatice)
- 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 |