blunt trauma

noun

: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or surface
died of blunt trauma to the head

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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 The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, finding that Iacobucci died of homicidal asphyxia and blunt trauma to the head, torso and upper extremities. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024 An autopsy found Torres died of massive blunt trauma to the head, but the manner of death was uncertain. Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024 Read had been charged with murder and other offenses after Boston police officer John O’Keefe died from blunt trauma outside a house party in January 2022. David Matthews, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for blunt trauma 

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of blunt trauma was in 1899

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“Blunt trauma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blunt%20trauma. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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

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