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

Slips, falls, or other accidents are common causes of blunt trauma. —Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Apr. 2025

Factors like sports injuries, repetitive strain injuries, blunt trauma, insufficient warmups, and muscle weakness may cause muscle strain. Sports Injury Groin strains often occur while playing sports. —Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Apr. 2025

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

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