Definition of traumatic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

traumatic

adjective

/trɔːˈmætɪk/

/trəˈmætɪk/

extremely unpleasant and causing you to feel upset and/or anxious
- a traumatic experience
- Divorce can be traumatic for everyone involved.
- a traumatic childhood
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[only before noun] (psychology or medical) connected with or caused by trauma
- traumatic amnesia
see also post-traumatic stress disorder

Word Originmid 19th cent.: via late Latin from Greek traumatikos, from trauma ‘wound’.

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