traumatic
(adjective) psychologically painful; “few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child”
traumatic
(adjective) of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
traumatic (comparative more traumatic, superlative most traumatic)
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.
• non-traumatic
• nontraumatic
• untraumatic
traumatic (plural traumatics)
(dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
Source: Wiktionary
Trau*mat"ic, a. Etym: [L. traumaticus, Gr. traumatique.] (Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. Coxe. (b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. Wiseman. (c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus.
– n.
Definition: A traumatic medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
