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traumatic

Pronunciation: /trɔːˈmatɪk, traʊ-/
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Definition of traumatic

adjective

  • 1deeply disturbing or distressing:she was going through a traumatic divorce
  • relating to or causing psychological trauma: she is remembering some deeply traumatic incident in her past
  • 2 Medicine relating to or denoting physical injury.

Derivatives

traumatically

adverb

Origin:

mid 19th century: via late Latin from Greek traumatikos, from trauma (see trauma)

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