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traumatology

traumatology

8.4
A part of medicine that treats serious injuries from accidents
  • noun
  • /ˌtrɔːməˈtɑːlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traumatología
  • She decided to specialize in traumatology after witnessing several serious accidents.

Examples

  • After the accident, he was referred to the traumatology department for immediate care.

  • The field of traumatology focuses on treating severe injuries.

  • Recent advances in traumatology have greatly improved survival rates for severe injuries.

  • After the accident, he was referred to a specialist in traumatology.

  • The doctor specialized in traumatology, focusing on treating severe injuries from car accidents.

  • After his fall, he was referred to a clinic that specializes in traumatology for proper wound care.

  • She studied traumatology to better understand how to help patients recover from physical trauma.

Synonyms

accident surgery
vstraumatology
  • UK
4.2

Care and operations that treat injuries from accidents

focuses on medical care for those injuries including nonoperative treatments

Surface Forms

traumatology singular
traumatologies plural

Morphology

traumatology = trauma (semi-transparent) = trauma + ology

This is a learned medical formation built on 'trauma' plus the scholarly suffix '-ology', but the sense has specialized toward a medical branch rather than a straightforward 'study of trauma'.

Etymology

Traumatology comes from trauma, meaning 'wound' or 'injury', and the ending -logy, meaning 'study' (the same ending you see in biology or psychology). So traumatology is the medical field that studies and treats wounds and injuries, especially after accidents.