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traumatic

Variant of trauma

noun pl. traumas or traumata

Med. a bodily injury, wound, or shock
Psychiatry a painful emotional experience, or shock, often producing a lasting psychic effect and, sometimes, a neurosis

Related Forms:

traumatic adjective
traumatically adverb

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