traumatic

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Adjective

traumatic

1. Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
   • 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."

2. (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
3. (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
4. Produced by wounds.

   traumatic tetanus

Antonyms

• non-traumatic
• nontraumatic
• untraumatic

Translations

• French: traumatique
• German: traumatisch
• Italian: traumatico
• Portuguese: traumático
• Russian: травмати́ческий
• Spanish: traumático

Noun

traumatic (plural traumatics)

1. (dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.

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