Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Traumatic \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.

Source : WordNet®

traumatic
     adj 1: of or relating to a physical injury or wound to the body
     2: psychologically painful
     3: causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a
        stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than
        losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of
        disloyalty" [syn: {stabbing}, {wounding}]