Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to wounds: as, traumatic inflammation.
- Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary: as, traumatic balsam.
- Produced by wounds: as, traumatic tetanus.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of trauma or traumatism.
- noun A medicine useful in the cure of wounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds.
- adjective Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
- adjective Produced by wounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, caused by, or causing
trauma - adjective medicine, dated Of or relating to
wounds ; applied to wounds. - adjective dated Adapted to the cure of wounds;
vulnerary . - adjective Produced by wounds.
- noun dated, medicine A medicine for wounds; a
vulnerary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
- adjective psychologically painful
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Examples
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The term traumatic condition can be any wound or injury regardless of the seriousness of the injury or wound.
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The term traumatic condition can be any wound or injury regardless of the seriousness of the injury or wound.
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We had, again as was mentioned, we had five patients expire, two who came in in what we call traumatic arrest from the injury needing CPR coming in the door.
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Although it's clear she doesn't blame her mother ( "It was a circumstantial thing," she says), she was deeply affected by what she refers to as a traumatic separation.
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When I teach Verbal First Aid to emergency workers, a communication protocol used to facilitate healing in traumatic situations, I ask them what they think their most important tool is.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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When I teach Verbal First Aid to emergency workers, a communication protocol used to facilitate healing in traumatic situations, I ask them what they think their most important tool is.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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From a morale point of view he is not in traumatic shock.
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Already, Pitman had conducted a study in accident victims to see if propranolol, a drug that reduces anxiety, could stop long-term traumatic memories from forming in the first place.
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Preserve: Through these workshops, a network of inter-agency trained workers, who are able to provide practical help and “emotional first aid” in traumatic situations, continues to grow and develop.
Mobile Member Care 2007
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The syndrome that is now called post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD—a condition that many veterans of the Iraq war now suffer—was called traumatic war neurosis during World War II, shell shock in World War I, and nostalgia during the American Civil War.21
The Time Paradox Philip Zimbardo 2008
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