barotrauma
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
barotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural barotraumas)
- (pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.
- 1997 September 19, Cecil Adams, “the Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Of course, one must take care not to inadvertently seal the ear canal with the suction tip, thereby risking "tympanic membrane barotrauma" and possibly sucking out the patient's brains.
- 2001 January 26, David Malakoff, “A Roaring Debate Over Ocean Noise”, in Science[2], volume 291, number 5504, , pages 576–578:
- The timing raised suspicions that the whales had been disoriented by "barotrauma," or pressure injuries to sensitive ear and brain tissues caused by sound waves.
Hyponyms edit
- (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference): aerosinusitis, aerotitis, barodontalgia, barotitis
Translations edit
tissue damage caused by air pressure difference
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Further reading edit
- barotrauma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English barotrauma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
barotrauma
Declension edit
Inflection of barotrauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | barotrauma | barotraumat | ||
genitive | barotrauman | barotraumojen | ||
partitive | barotraumaa | barotraumoja | ||
illative | barotraumaan | barotraumoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | barotrauma | barotraumat | ||
accusative | nom. | barotrauma | barotraumat | |
gen. | barotrauman | |||
genitive | barotrauman | barotraumojen barotraumainrare | ||
partitive | barotraumaa | barotraumoja | ||
inessive | barotraumassa | barotraumoissa | ||
elative | barotraumasta | barotraumoista | ||
illative | barotraumaan | barotraumoihin | ||
adessive | barotraumalla | barotraumoilla | ||
ablative | barotraumalta | barotraumoilta | ||
allative | barotraumalle | barotraumoille | ||
essive | barotraumana | barotraumoina | ||
translative | barotraumaksi | barotraumoiksi | ||
abessive | barotraumatta | barotraumoitta | ||
instructive | — | barotraumoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |