adj
Meaning 1
Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
traumatic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
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US: /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ without the cot–caught merger
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General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: /tɹɑˈmætɪk/ of Canada
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General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal: [tɹɑˈmæɾɪk] of Canada
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Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, dialectal: /tɹɒmˈætɪk/ of the US
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Canada, dialectal: [tɹɒmˈæɾɪk] of the US
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Australian: /tɹoːˈmætɪk/
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Australian: [tɹoːˈmæɾɪk]
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New-Zealand: /tɹoːˈmɛtək/
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New-Zealand: [tɹoːˈmɛɾək]
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 4
Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
psychologically painful;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.
From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: traumaties — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Armenian: վնասվածքային (vnasvackʻayin) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Bulgarian: травматичен (travmatičen) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Catalan: traumàtic — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Czech: traumatický — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Danish: traumatisk — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Dutch: traumatisch — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Esperanto: traŭmata — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Esperanto: traŭma — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Finnish: traumaattinen — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- French: traumatique — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Galician: traumático — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Georgian: ტრავმატული (ṭravmaṭuli) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- German: traumatisch — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Greek: τραυματικός (travmatikós) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Indonesian: traumatis — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Indonesian: traumatik — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Italian: traumatico — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Japanese: 外傷体験 (gaishō taiken) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Kazakh: жарақаттық (jaraqattyq) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Māori: pāmamae — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Norwegian Bokmål: traumatisk — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: traumatisk — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Polish: traumatyczny — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Portuguese: traumático — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Romanian: traumatic — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Russian: травмати́ческий (travmatíčeskij) — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Spanish: traumático — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Vietnamese: gây chấn thương — of, caused by, or causing trauma
- Vietnamese: gây sang chấn — of, caused by, or causing trauma