barotrauma
Appearance
English
[edit]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]- IPA(key): /ˈbɑroˌtrɑu̯mɑ/, [ˈbɑ̝ro̞ˌt̪rɑ̝u̯mɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑumɑ
- Hyphenation(key): baro‧trauma, ba‧rot‧rau‧ma
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 barotraumain rare | |
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. |
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