US /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ UK /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
adj noun Freq #10554

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Deeply shocking and emotionally painful.

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

  2. 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

Etymology

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

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