traumatism

[trou-muh-tiz-uhm, traw-]

noun

Pathology.

1. any abnormal condition produced by a trauma.

2. the trauma or wound itself.

traumatism

/ ˈtrɔːməˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. any abnormal bodily condition caused by injury, wound, or shock

2. (not in technical usage) another name for trauma

Word History and Origins

Origin of traumatism¹

First recorded in 1855–60, traumatism is from the Late Greek word traumatismós a wounding. See traumatic, -ism

Example Sentences

“A form Grave Location Blank says he was buried 1 July 1918 in grave number 191 in Brest. In another document, sent 8 July 1918 to the quartermaster general in Washington, it speaks of ‘traumatism, May 23rd, crushing, Herbert L. Sylvester.

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Thus, traumatic erysipelas is much more closely related to childbed fever than the varieties of the disease appearing upon the head and face, which cannot be attributed to traumatism, surgical accidents, dental abscesses, or local injuries of the antrum of Highmore.

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It is essentially a chronic disorder, the affected patch remaining unchanged for months at a time, and then exhibiting aggravation in consequence of accidental exposure to heat or traumatism.

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Inflammatory complications are usually due to undue traumatism at the time of the inoculation, to injury of the pock, or to the previous existence of a cutaneous disease or of some dyscrasia.

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Thrombi are usually divided into those from compression, dilatation, traumatism, and marasmus; in all of which groups an abnormal condition of the endothelium is to be met with.

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