blunt trauma

noun

: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or surface

died of blunt trauma to the head

Examples of blunt trauma in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The drainage system is damaged in about three-quarters of cases where there is blunt trauma to the eye.2 If more than 50% of the system is damaged, the risk of developing glaucoma is around 10%. —Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2025

According to the medical examiner’s office, Portillo’s death was a homicide, the result of blunt trauma to the head. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025

Chen was discovered in the couple's room by resort staff with multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head after the couple was heard arguing and didn't appear at breakfast or lunch the next day. —CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024

Investigators say Testerman used his fists and a metal drinking tumbler to repeatedly strike Oliver, who died at the hospital of blunt trauma to the head. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blunt trauma

• agama
• bahama
• pajama
• ulama
• brahma
• chama
• comma
• dama
• drama
• gama
• lama
• llama

Medical Definition

blunt trauma

noun

: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or collision with a blunt surface (as in an automobile accident or a fall from a building)

the patient died of blunt trauma to the head

called also blunt force trauma