Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
traumatize [trou-muh-tahyz, traw-] Word Origin verb (used with object), trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing.
- Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
- Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience.
Also especially British, trau·ma·tise. Origin of traumatize First recorded in 1900–05, traumatize is from the Greek word traumatízein to wound. See traumatic, -ize Related formstrau·ma·ti·za·tion, nounun·trau·ma·tized, adjective British Dictionary definitions for traumatise traumatize traumatise verb
- (tr) to wound or injure (the body)
- to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
Derived Formstraumatization or traumatisation, noun Word Origin and History for traumatise v.
chiefly British English spelling of traumatize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Traumatised; traumatising.
traumatize v.
1903, of physical wounds; 1949 in the psychological sense, from Greek traumat-, stem of trauma (see trauma).