— traumatization , n.
/trow"meuh tuyz', traw"-/ , v.t., traumatized, traumatizing .
1. Pathol. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
2. Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience.
Also, esp. Brit., traumatise .
[ 1900-05; traumatízein to wound. See TRAUMATIC, -IZE ]