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^[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, →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/, [ˈbɑ̝ro̞ˌt̪rɑ̝u̯mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑumɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧ro‧trau‧ma, ba‧rot‧rau‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): baro‧trauma, ba‧rot‧rau‧ma

barotrauma

1. barotrauma

Internationalism.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /barotraˈuma/ [ba.rot̪̚.raˈu.ma]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: ba‧rot‧rau‧ma

barotrauma (uncountable)

1. (medicine) barotrauma

• “barotrauma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.