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]