blunt trauma
noun · n
Simple meaning
Injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈblʌntɹɔmə
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)
n
Blunt trauma, also known as blunt force trauma or non-penetrating trauma, describes a physical trauma due to a forceful impact without penetration of the body's surface.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car)
Used this way, blunt trauma is a specialist word with a faintly unfavourable edge. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly negative
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Critical or judgemental
- Usage feel
- Clinical and detached
Where it naturally appears
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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