barotrauma
English
Etymology
baro- + trauma.
Noun
barotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural barotraumas)
- (medicine) 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:
- 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, volume 291, number 5504, DOI:, 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.
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Finnish
Noun
barotrauma
- barotrauma
Declension
| Inflection of barotrauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | barotraumoin | |
| abessive | barotraumatta | barotraumoitta | |
| comitative | — | barotraumoineen | |