'Traumatic' definitions:
Definition of 'traumatic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
adjective
Psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";
Definition of 'Traumatic'
From: GCIDE
- Traumatic \Trau*mat"ic\, a. [L. traumaticus, Gr. ?, from ?, ?, a wound: cf. F. traumatique.] (Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. --Coxe. (b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. --Wiseman. (c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus. -- n. A traumatic medicine. [1913 Webster]