polytrauma

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ trauma

Noun

polytrauma (countable and uncountable, plural polytraumas)

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

Synonyms

multiple trauma
multitrauma

Derived terms

Translations

multiple traumatic injuries

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

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