traumatism
Americannoun
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any abnormal condition produced by a trauma.
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the trauma or wound itself.
noun
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any abnormal bodily condition caused by injury, wound, or shock
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(not in technical usage) another name for trauma
Etymology
Origin of traumatism
First recorded in 1855–60, traumatism is from the Late Greek word traumatismós a wounding. See traumatic, -ism
Example Sentences
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Accidental causes are traumatism and an adjacent inflammation of the pleura.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
And he grew technical, spoke of blood pressures taken, of traumatism superinducing prolonged coma, of this and that which made no impression on the banker.
From The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory
Traumatic or Trade Bursitis.—This term may be conveniently applied to those affections of bursæ which result from repeated slight traumatism incident to particular occupations.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The narrowing resulting from foreign body traumatism rarely requires secondary dilatation after the foreign body has been removed.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
He says that in 543 cases of traumatism of the liver collected by Elder, 65 were caused by cutting or sharp-pointed instruments.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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