Path. [f. Gr. τραῦμα, τραυματ- wound + -ISM. Cf. F. traumatisme.] The action of a wound or external injury in producing a morbid condition; the condition so produced.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Traumatism,… the condition of the organism occasioned by a grave wound.
1876. Duhring, Dis. Skin, 526. Anæsthesia may also result from traumatism.
1899. Q. Rev., July, 274. Such [diseases] as are the consequence of inorganic poisons or traumatisms.
So Traumatize v., trans. to inflict a wound upon, to wound (as in a surgical operation).
1903. Therapeutic Gaz., Feb., 100/1. In spite of the general insensibility the orifices retain their sensibility, the patient struggling when they are traumatized, though he will preserve no recollection of this.
