polytrauma

polytrauma

English

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English trauma
English polytrauma

    From poly- + trauma.

    Noun

    polytrauma (countable and uncountable, plural polytraumas)

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

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