Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body;
2.
psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Traumatic \Trau*mat"ic\, a. [L. traumaticus, Gr. ?, from ?, ?, a
wound: cf. F. 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. A
traumatic medicine.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
traumatic
adj 1: of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
2: psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic
than losing a child";