traumatic
IPA: trɔmˈætɪk
noun
- (dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
adjective
- Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
- (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
- (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
- Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
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Examples of "traumatic" in Sentences
- The embrace was brief and traumatic.
- The accident was traumatic for everyone.
- Her cheerfulness apparently conceals a traumatic past.
- The evolutionary origins of traumatic insemination are disputed.
- Traumatic accidents are the most common cause of nasal deformity.
- Rhinoplasty may be sought in the aftermath of traumatic deformity.
- The event was a traumatic episode for the Florentine upper classes.
- The effects of traumatic insemination are deleterious to the female.
- A traumatic accident should be the acid test in the evolution of clotting.