Traumatic

[trɔː'mætɪk;traʊ-] or [traʊ'mætɪk]

(adj.) psychologically painful;'few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child'; .

(adj.) of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body .

Checker: Merle--From WordNet

(a.) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds.

(a.) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.

(a.) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus.

(n.) A traumatic medicine.

Typed by Kate