🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

barotraumatisme

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ba.ʁo.tʁo.ma.tism/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Barotrauma/ˌbær.oʊˈtrɔː.mə/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #28500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La plongée sous-marine peut parfois provoquer un barotraumatisme des sinus."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between a gas space inside, in contact with, or inside the body and the surrounding gas or fluid.

    "Scuba divers must equalize their ears properly during descent to prevent barotrauma of the middle ear."
  2. 2

    Lung injury caused by excessive pressure during mechanical ventilation.

    "High airway pressures can lead to barotrauma in patients suffering from severe acute respiratory distress syndrome."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 20th century, the term combines the Neo-Latin prefix 'baro-' (derived from Greek baros, meaning weight or pressure) and the Greek noun 'trauma' (meaning a wound or hurt). It emerged in medical and aviation contexts to describe physical damage caused to body tissues by differences in pressure between air spaces inside the body and the surrounding fluid or gas.

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