traumatic

[ truh-mat-ik, traw-, trou- ]

/ trəˈmæt ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- /

of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.

adapted to the cure of wounds.

psychologically painful.

Origin of traumatic

1650–60; < Late Latin traumaticus < Greek traumatikós pertaining to wounds, equivalent to traumat- (stem of traûma trauma) + -ikos -ic

trau·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb un·trau·mat·ic, adjective

If you think divorce between two people is messy and traumatic, imagine divorcing yourself.

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I am only able to ignore because I have had to have these conversations in person and that is the most traumatic experience.

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It is often the least visible but sometimes deadliest of injuries: traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury |Jean Kim |November 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Some people, with traumatic events, you get closer or you get further away.

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He also was diagnosed with “head, neck, wrist and back injuries – and the biggest was TBI, or traumatic brain injury.”

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Every variety of traumatic aneurism was met with, and most frequently of all, perhaps, aneurismal varices and varicose aneurisms.

Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 |George Henry Makins
The case of Whittaker and Ransohoff survived the exploratory puncture, but Harley's case proved fatal from traumatic peritonitis.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
It is also suitable for cases of traumatic and paralytic origin.

A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) |Various
The chemicals whose action is direct, as caustic, include a third variety of the traumatic causes.

A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I |Various
It is liable to traumatic affections from a fall on the shoulder, pressure, or over-use of the limb.

Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles