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traumatize

verb — 2 senses

traumatize

verb

/ˈtɹɔ.mə.taɪz/ · /ˈtɹaʊ.mə.taɪz/

Etymology Borrowed from French traumatiser.

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.

2

Human sciences, Medicine, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sciences To cause a trauma in.

  • I was traumatized by a childhood experience.
Derived terms
retraumatize, traumatization, traumatized, traumatizer, traumatizing

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.

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