traumat-, traumato-, trauma-, traum-, -trauma, -traumatic, -traumatically +

The damage caused to the cochlear structures (parts of the inner ears known as the organs of hearing) by high-intensity acoustic stimulations and having demonstrable effects on hearing; sometimes temporary in the initial stages, but resulting in permanent threshold shift with the continued exposure to loud noises.

1. Not inflicting or causing damage or injury.
2. Especially designed or planned to minimize injurious effects; for example, the doctor used an atraumatic sutures during the surgery.

Medical surgery done in a way that is characterized by the use of atraumatic methods or specific instruments; performed as atraumatically as is medically possible.

1. Injury resulting from changes in atmospheric pressure.
2. A term once used to describe injury to the middle ear or paranasal sinuses, resulting from imbalance between ambient pressure and that within the affected cavity.

Now mostly used to refer to lung injury that occurs when a patient is on a ventilator and is subjected to excessive airway pressure (pulmonary barotrauma).

3. Trauma (serious or critical bodily injury, wound, or shock) caused by the rapid or extreme changes in air pressure; especially, affecting enclosed cavities within the body; such as, the middle ear (otic barotrauma), the sinuses (sinus barotrauma), and the lungs (pulmonary barotrauma).

An injury caused by a blunt object or surface; such as, the male patient died of a blunt trauma to the head when he crashed into the wall.

Any of various musculoskeletal disorders; such as, carpal tunnel syndrome or tendinitis; that are caused by cumulative damage to muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, or joints (as of the hand, wrist, arm, or shoulder) from highly repetitive movements and that are characterized chiefly by pain, weakness, and loss of feeling.

Injury to the larynx, whether accidental, as in traffic accidents; or iatrogenic, as in damage caused as a result of anesthesia or surgery.

A slight trauma or lesion; a microscopic lesion.

1. Injury to a nerve or to the nervous system.
2. Mechanical injury of a nerve.

A reference to or relating to an injury to a nerve or to the nervous system.

Injury to the periodontium caused by occlusal forces transmitted through a tooth.

Physical injury to the fetus occurring at or about the time of birth; used especially with reference to cerebral birth trauma.

That which occurs after or as a result of trauma.

A psychological reaction that occurs after a highly stressing event; such as, wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster; and which is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of any reminders of the event.

Trauma of a psychological nature rather than a physical one, or the stress resulting from fantasied or other non-physical threats.