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rheotrauma

rheotrauma noun: mechanical trauma, especially that caused to the lungs by mechanical ventilation.

Noun

rheotrauma (uncountable)

  1. mechanical trauma, especially that caused to the lungs by mechanical ventilation

Origin of rheotrauma

From rheo- + trauma.

Questions about rheotrauma

What does rheotrauma mean?
Rheotrauma means mechanical trauma, especially that caused to the lungs by mechanical ventilation.
What part of speech is rheotrauma?
Rheotrauma is a noun.

Words near rheotrauma in the dictionary

  1. rheotaxes
  2. rheotaxic
  3. rheotaxis
  4. rheotome
  5. rheotomes
  6. rheotrauma
  7. rheotrope
  8. rheotropes
  9. rheotrophic
  10. rheotropic
  11. rheotropism

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