(n) an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images, Syn. PTSD
(n) loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma, Syn. posttraumatic amnesia
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. [ L. traumaticus, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_;, &unr_;, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]