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traumatic

traumatic

50 5.5
Caused by a serious injury to the body
  • adjective
  • /trɔˈmætɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traumático
  • The number of individuals with traumatic brain injuries is growing as well.
  • traumatic injury
  • traumatic brain injury
  • traumatic amputation

And my dad ended up having a traumatic brain injury, a TBI.

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Examples

  • There's a ton of research on traumatic brain injury, long term physical brain health.

  • The doctor told my parents it's just a mild traumatic brain injury, I'll be fine.

  • Guys, Don has a really bad traumatic brain injury.

  • You were involved with this horrible, traumatic accident.

  • And my dad ended up having a traumatic brain injury, a TBI.

  • Most organs for transplantation are obtained from young victims of accidents or other traumatic events.

    Academic text (1995)
  • We examined the burden of disability resulting from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among children younger than 18 years.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Emotions such as fear, anger, or depression are normal responses to traumatic injury (Faris, 1985).

    Academic text (1994)
  • After the car accident, he was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury that required immediate medical attention.

  • The veteran spoke about his traumatic experiences during combat, which left him with both physical and emotional scars.

Antonyms

695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

7 1.8

Not hurt physically

Compounds

traumatic epilepsy
  • Specialized
6.9

A condition causing repeated seizures after a head injury

How Traumatic

severe
520 3.5
traumatic
  • Specialized
50 5.5
serious
2.7
moderate
415 3.3

Surface Forms

traumatic positive

Morphology

traumatic = trauma (transparent) = trauma + ic

Formed by the productive adjective-forming suffix '-ic' added to the noun 'trauma', meaning 'relating to or caused by a trauma', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Traumatic comes from the Greek word trauma, meaning 'wound', and it was first used for physical injuries. So a traumatic injury is a serious wound to the body that often needs special care.