traumatic

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ UK /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/ See IPA manual

Freq #10554

Meanings

1

adj
Deeply shocking and emotionally painful.

Losing his job was a traumatic experience for the whole family.
2

adj
Relating to a serious physical injury or wound.

He suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident.

Thesaurus

Opposites

non-traumaticnontraumaticuntraumatic

Word family

Derived forms atraumaticbarotraumaticbiotraumaticcalciotraumaticgeotraumaticmonotraumaticneurotraumaticperitraumaticphonotraumaticpolytraumaticpost-traumaticposttraumatic

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Phrases (1)

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traumatic epilepsy
epilepsy that develops as a result of a head injury

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# traumatic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /tɹɔˈmætɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 10554

## Meanings
1. Deeply shocking and emotionally painful.
2. Relating to a serious physical injury or wound.

## Examples
- Losing his job was a traumatic experience for the whole family.
- He suffered a traumatic brain injury in the accident.

## Antonyms
- non-traumatic
- nontraumatic
- untraumatic

## Derived Forms
- atraumatic
- barotraumatic
- biotraumatic
- calciotraumatic
- geotraumatic
- monotraumatic
- neurotraumatic
- peritraumatic
- phonotraumatic
- polytraumatic
- post-traumatic
- posttraumatic

## Etymology
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.

## AI Etymology
Traumatic is from the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic. In present-day use, it can mean deeply shocking and emotionally painful, or relating to a serious physical injury or wound. Derived formations include atraumatic, barotraumatic, biotraumatic, calciotraumatic, geotraumatic.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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