barotrauma

English

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:10.1126/science.291.5504.576, 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.

barotrauma

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
accusative	gen.	barotrauman	barotraumat
genitive		barotrauman	barotraumojen barotraumain^rare
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

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