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Definition: Traumatic |
TraumaticAdjective1. Of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body. 2. Psychologically painful. 3. Causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "traumatic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Traumatic \Trau*mat"ic\, adjective. [Latin expression traumaticus, Greek, from wound: compare to the French expression traumatique.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: TraumaticSynonyms: stabbing (adj), wounding (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Salve, ointment, cerate, oil, lenitive, lotion, cosmetic; plaster; epithem, embrocation, liniment, cataplasm, sinapism, arquebusade, traumatic, vulnerary, pepastic, poultice, collyrium, depilatory; emplastrum; eyewater, vesicant, vesicatory. |
Adjective: remedial; restorative; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory, sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous; (salutary); medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical, epulotic, paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic, balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, emollient; depuratory; detersive, detergent; abstersive, disinfectant, febrifugal, alterative; traumatic, vulnerary. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Traumatic |
| English words defined with "traumatic": chiralgia ♦ Idiopathical ♦ posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD ♦ stabbing, Surgical fever ♦ wounding. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "traumatic": Abducens Nerve Injury, avulsion of the optic nerve ♦ Bone Lengthening, Bone Malalignment, boxer's encephalopathy ♦ Central Cord Syndrome, Cerebrovascular Trauma, cervical vertigo syndrome ♦ Dammaged Goods ♦ eighty-column mind, Embolization, Therapeutic ♦ Facial Nerve Injuries ♦ Injury Severity Score, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic ♦ Pneumocephalus, post-traumatic stress disorder ♦ Radial Neuropathy ♦ Sinus Pericranii, Spinal Cord Diseases, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ♦ Tooth Injuries, Trauma, Nervous System ♦ valvular pneumothorax, vertebral artery compression ♦ wound fever. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Traumatic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (traumatic). |
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Screenplays | It was the most traumatic moment in my life and she's all yelling about her broken leg! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) I had a traumatic experience in high school. (The Rage: Carrie 2; writing credit: Rafael Moreu) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Hall KM. Functional assessment in traumatic brain injury. (references) | |
Hospitalization can be a traumatic experience for any child. (references) | ||
Several types of traumatic injuries can affect the head and brain. (references) | ||
Business | Their products are used for people with high-risk feet such as diabetes, arthritis, amputations, birth defects, and traumatic injuries. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | The traumatic separation of East Timor from Indonesia after an August 1999 East Timor referendum, and subsequent events in East and West Timor, strained Indonesia's relations with the international community. (references) |
Human Rights | Trinidad and Tobago | His death certificate stated that he died from asphyxia associated with multiple blunt traumatic injuries. (references) |
Ecuador | The 1999 DNRS report stated that traumatic injuries, reportedly inflicted by fellow inmates, caused 65 percent of those deaths. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guinea | As a result, child laborers do not have access to education or health care; they suffer from chronic malnutrition, traumatic stress, and depression. (references) |
Cyprus | Under the law, the Government must also provide shelter and medical and psychiatric care until the victims have recovered from any traumatic experience. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Traumatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Traumatic" is used about 460 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 460 | 12,751 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "traumatic": pediatric traumatic brain injury ♦ Purtscher's traumatic angiopathic retinopathy ♦ Traumatic delirium ♦ traumatic diaphragmatic hernia ♦ traumatic duct ♦ traumatic epilepsy ♦ traumatic heartwood ♦ traumatic intercellular canal ♦ traumatic liporrhagia retinalis ♦ traumatic lymphorrhagia retinalis ♦ traumatic neurosis ♦ traumatic retinal angiopathy ♦ traumatic shock. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "traumatic": non-traumatic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "traumatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | traumatik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ذو علاقة بالصدمة, جرحي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | травматичен, тежък (cumbrous, dense, difficult, distressing, faint, grave, grievous, grinding, hammering, hard, heavy, hefty, high, hulking, labored, laborious, laboured, leaden, lumping, lumpish, lumpy, massive, massy, muggy, onerous, painful, plodding, ponderous, robust, rugged, sad, severe, shrewd, sledgehammer, slow, smart, smashing, soggy, solemn, sore, stiff, stodgy, taxing, thorny, tight, tough, trying, unwieldy, uphill, weighty), мъчителен (afflictive, agonizing, awkward, cruel, exasperating, excruciating, grievous, grinding, gruelling, harassing, harrowing, heavy, nerve racking, painful, sticky, tantalizing, torturous, trying, vexatious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 创伤 (Hurt, wound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | traumatický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | traumatisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | traumatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به روان زخم , زخمی (Ulcerous), ضربه ای , جراحتی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | trauman luonteinen, traumaattinen, vamman aiheuttama, vammaa aiheuttava. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | traumatique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | traumatisch (nightmarish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τραυματικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חבלתי, טראומטי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | traumás, sérüléses. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | traumatico (shattering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 外傷的"" (traumatic experience), 外傷神経症 (traumatic neurosis), 外傷性癲癇 (traumatic epilepsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がいしょうし"けいしょう (traumatic neurosis), がいしょうせいて"か" (traumatic epilepsy), がいしょうてきたいけ" (traumatic experience). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | skeilleydagh (derogatory), lhottagh (wounding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aumatictray traumático, traumático. (various references) traumatic. (various references) травматический. (various references) traumatičan. (various references) traumático. (various references) traumatisk. (various references) travmatik, yaraya ait. (various references) травматичний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | traumaticus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "traumatic": traumatically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "traumatic": posttraumatic. (additional references) | |
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"Traumatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atraumatic, Taomati, thaumatic, Torumtay, tramatic, tranmatic, traumalic, traumatie, trematic, Trimurti, tromatic, troumatic, trumatic, Trumbach. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "traumatic" (pronounced trôma"tik) |
| 8 | t r ô m a" t i k | posttraumatic. |
| 5 | -m a" t i k | aromatic, asthmatic, asymptomatic, automatic, axiomatic, charismatic, cinematic, climatic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, emblematic, enigmatic, enzymatic, idiomatic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, numismatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, rheumatic, schematic, semiautomatic, symptomatic, systematic, thematic, undiplomatic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aristocratic, attic, autocratic, bureaucratic, democratic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emphatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiosyncratic, lymphatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, prostatic, static, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-m-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: timarau. | |
-3 letters: amrita, amtrac, atrium, tamari, tarmac, tatami, trauma, uratic. | |
-4 letters: acari, atria, attar, attic, auric, carat, curia, maria, micra, riata, tacit, tatar, tiara, tract, trait, triac, umiac. | |
-5 letters: acta, airt, amia, amir, aria, arum, atma, aura, cart, cram, curt, maar, mair, marc, mart, matt, maut, mica, mitt, mura, mutt, raia, rami, tact, tart. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-m-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: matriculant, matriculate. | |
+3 letters: matriculants, matriculated, matriculates, thaumaturgic. | |
+4 letters: antirheumatic, matriculating, matriculation, misarticulate, posttraumatic, traumatically, ultraromantic. | |
+5 letters: antirheumatics, circumstantial, matriculations, misarticulated, misarticulates, multicharacter, multifactorial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 72 61 75 6D 61 74 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-. .- ..- -- .- - .. -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01110101 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a u m a t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 0075 006D 0061 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548467877967867569 |
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