Found 2 items, similar to traumatic.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: traumatic
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Traumatic
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.
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