polytrauma

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

poly- +‎ trauma

Noun[edit]

polytrauma (countable and uncountable, plural polytraumas)

(emergency medicine) The condition of a person who has been subjected to multiple traumatic injuries.

Synonyms[edit]

multiple trauma
multitrauma

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

multiple traumatic injuries

French: polytraumatisme (fr) m
Portuguese: politraumatismo m, politrauma m

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