Barotrauma

Quick meaning: Barotrauma is a noun meaning (pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.

Meaning

(pathology) Damage to body tissue caused by a difference in pressure between an air space in or near the body and the surrounding air.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Word Forms

• barotraumas

Related Words

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