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traumatic (adjective), more traumatic, most traumatic
1. A reference to an extremely distressing, frightening, or shocking event which sometimes has long-term psychological effects: Losing her only child was the most traumatic experience Mildred had ever experienced in her life.
2. Relating to a physical injury or wound to the body: The traumatic damage to Helen's arm was caused by slipping on the ice on the side of the street in winter and involved surgery and many sessions of therapy before she could finally have a complete recovery.
3. Etymology: from Greek traumatikos, "pertaining to a wound"; from trauma, "wound, damage".
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2. Relating to a physical injury or wound to the body: The traumatic damage to Helen's arm was caused by slipping on the ice on the side of the street in winter and involved surgery and many sessions of therapy before she could finally have a complete recovery.
3. Etymology: from Greek traumatikos, "pertaining to a wound"; from trauma, "wound, damage".
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traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically +
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