Pronunciations (10)
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/tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
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/tɹɔˈmætɪk/
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/tɹɑˈmætɪk/
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- General-American
- cot-caught-merger
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[tɹɑˈmæɾɪk]
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- General-American
- cot-caught-merger
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/tɹɒmˈætɪk/
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- Canada
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[tɹɒmˈæɾɪk]
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- Canada
- dialectal
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/tɹoːˈmætɪk/
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- Australia
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[tɹoːˈmæɾɪk]
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- Australia
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/tɹoːˈmɛtək/
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[tɹoːˈmɛɾək]
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- New-Zealand
Adjective
Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
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More examples (2)
It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.
"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."
Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
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Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
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traumatick Decoctions
Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
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traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury
Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
Noun
A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
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Adjective
of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
psychologically painful
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few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child