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s | traumatic |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective traumatic is

traumatic.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    traumatic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, caused by, or causing trauma
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic' symplegia, that's it. This cat has ' traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.}}
  • * 2011 , September 18, Don Thompson and Ken Ritter, “Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact”, Associated Press:
    • "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 ."
  • (medicine, dated) Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
    • (Coxe)
  • (dated) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
    • (Wiseman)
  • Produced by wounds.
    • traumatic tetanus

    Antonyms

    * non-traumatic * nontraumatic * untraumatic

    Derived terms

    * traumatic amenorrhea * traumatic amputation * traumatic anesthesia * traumatic arrest * traumatic asphyxia * traumatic brain injury

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, medicine) A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.