Dictionary

barotrauma en · NOUN

Etymology

From baro- + trauma.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.
   • 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. 1997 September 19, Cecil Adams, “the Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:
   • 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. 2001 January 26, David Malakoff, “A Roaring Debate Over Ocean Noise”, in Science, volume 291, number 5504, →DOI, pages 576–578:

Forms

Hyponyms

barotitis (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · aerosinusitis (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · barodontalgia (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · aerotitis (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference)

Translations (10)

de Barotrauma (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · fi barotrauma (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · id barotrauma (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · fa ترومای فشاری (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · fa باروتروما (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · fr barotraumatisme (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · el βαρότραυμα (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · is þrýstingsáverki (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · it barotrauma (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference) · fi painevaurio (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference)