Dictionary entry

Traumatic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.