barotrauma

From baro- +‎ trauma.

barotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural barotraumas)

1. (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:

     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.

• (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference): aerosinusitis, aerotitis, barodontalgia, barotitis

• barotrauma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Internationalism (see English barotrauma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑroˌtrɑu̯mɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑumɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): baro‧trauma, ba‧rot‧rau‧ma

barotrauma

1. barotrauma