traumatic adj

1 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" [syn: stabbing, wounding]

English

Adjective

1. of, caused by, or causing trauma

Derived terms

• traumatic amenorrhea
• traumatic amputation
• traumatic anesthesia
• traumatic arrest
• traumatic asphyxia
• traumatic brain injury

wiktpar trauma Trauma (plurals: traumata, traumas) can represent:

Medical

• Physical trauma, an often serious and body altering physical injury, such as the removal of a limb
  • Blunt force trauma, a type of physical trauma caused by impact or other force applied from or with a blunt object
  • Penetrating trauma, a type of physical trauma in which the skin or tissues are pierced by an object
• Psychological trauma, an emotional or psychological injury, usually resulting from an extremely stressful or life-threatening situation
• Post-cult trauma, the intense emotional problems that some members of cults and new religious movements experience upon disaffection and disaffiliation
• Advanced Trauma Life Support
• Definitive Surgical Trauma Skills (DSTS)

Print

• Trauma (comics), a character associated with Avengers: The Initiative

Film

• Trauma (2004 film), a psychological thriller directed by Marc Evans and starring Colin Firth
• Trauma (1993 film), a horror film directed by Dario Argento
• Also see Troma Entertainment, a film company specializing in independent, horror, and exploitation films

Games

• Trauma Studios, which created Desert Combat, the most successful mod of the computer game Battlefield 1942

Music

• Trauma (song) by Ayumi Hamasaki
• Trauma (album) by rapper/producer DJ Quik
• Trauma Records, a record label
• Trauma (band), a Polish Deathmetal band
• Trauma (band), an American Heavy-metal band

Comics

• Trauma (comics), from the Marvel Universe

People

• Trauma Flintstone, drag performer and actress

Etymology

The word "trauma" came from Greek τραυμα = "a wound": compare the verb τιτρωσκω (root τρω) = "I injure".