Traumatic vs Harmful - What's the difference?
traumatic | harmful |
of, caused by, or causing trauma
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* 2011 , September 18, Don Thompson and Ken Ritter, “Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact”, Associated Press:
(medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
(dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
Produced by wounds.
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
As adjectives the difference between traumatic and harmful
is that traumatic is traumatic while harmful is of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.traumatic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- "I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department. "It was traumatic ."
- (Coxe)
- (Wiseman)
- traumatic tetanus
Antonyms
* non-traumatic * nontraumatic * untraumaticDerived terms
* traumatic amenorrhea * traumatic amputation * traumatic anesthesia * traumatic arrest * traumatic asphyxia * traumatic brain injuryharmful
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Alternative forms
* harmfull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.