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| trau·mat·ic [ trow máttik, traw máttik ] |
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1. extremely distressing: extremely distressing, frightening, or shocking, and sometimes having long-term psychological effects
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2. psychology relating to trauma: relating to or caused by psychological trauma
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3. medicine relating to injuries: relating to physical injuries or wounds to the body
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| [Mid-17th century. Via late Latin< Greek traumatikos< traumat-, stem of trauma "wound"] |
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  trau·mat·i·cal·ly adverb |
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