#trauma

• Antemortem — Occurring, performed, or taking place before death; specific to medical investigations, pathological analyses, or legal documents made during an individual's lifetime. In forensics and criminology, the term is essential to differentiate injuries, traumas, or biological evidence acquired by the victim during life from those occurring post-mortem.
• Aortoclasia — A pathological, spontaneous, or traumatic rupture of the aortic wall, representing an extremely grave medical emergency that causes massive, often fatal internal hemorrhage. This structural phenomenon usually occurs as a terminal complication of an advanced aneurysm or following severe thoracic trauma, completely destroying the continuity of the vascular tunic.
• Aortorrhaphy — An emergency surgical procedure consisting of the suturing or direct sewing of a wound, rupture, or tear in the aortic wall. This high-precision structural procedure aims to immediately stop a catastrophic hemorrhage and restore the anatomical integrity of the largest artery in the body.
• Overt — Open, manifest, clear, or devoid of any hidden meanings or ambiguities; occurring in plain sight or publicly. In medicine or anatomy, it sometimes refers to a lesion, malformation, or structure that is directly open to the exterior (e.g., open trauma).
• Aerocele — A gaseous tumor formation, pneumatic hernia, or pathological accumulation of air structurally located within a natural cavity or adjacent soft tissue, frequently occurring following mechanical trauma, parietal ruptures, or infections with gas-producing anaerobic germs. In surgery, the term describes an abnormal air pouch requiring evacuative puncture or structural decompression.
• Arteriorrhaphy — An emergency or elective surgical procedure consisting of the direct structural suturing of an accidentally severed, ruptured, or perforated artery wall. This high-precision operative act restores the anatomical continuity of the vessel and re-establishes normal blood flow to the irrigated tissues, preventing severe ischemia and amputation of the affected segment.
• Art therapy — A form of expressive psychotherapy that utilizes the creative artistic process (drawing, painting, sculpture, collage) as a primary medium to communicate, explore, and improve the patient's mental and emotional well-being. This clinical method, guided by a specialized therapist, does not evaluate the aesthetic qualities of the artwork, but uses non-verbal visual expression to bring to the surface subconscious thoughts, internal conflicts, unresolved traumas, or states of anxiety that are difficult to articulate in words.
• Astragalectomy — An invasive surgical intervention in orthopedics consisting of the total or partial excision of the astragalus (talus) bone. This extreme structural procedure is performed in severe cases of irreparable crushing trauma, severe avascular necrosis of the talus, chronic bone infections (osteomyelitis), or advanced congenital foot deformities (such as congenital clubfoot resistant to other therapies).
• To deafen — To lose one's hearing partially or totally, temporarily or permanently, due to illness, aging, or an accident; to deprive someone of the faculty of hearing by exposure to an extremely loud noise. In a structural or stylistic sense, it describes the action of an intense, sharp, or strident sound producing a painful sensation of acoustic blockage in the auditory apparatus.
• Deafening — The act of deafening and its result; a physiological or accidental process through which hearing is temporarily or permanently lost; it also represents the destructive or disruptive acoustic effect generated by a high-intensity noise that exceeds the comfort threshold of the human ear.
• Deafened — Having suffered a total or partial loss of hearing, temporarily or permanently, under the impact of an intense noise, acoustic trauma, or medical condition; structurally deprived of the faculty to clearly perceive sound vibrations and left in a state of acoustic blockage or numbness.
• Acoustic shock — A loud, strident, or sharp noise that causes a sensation of deafening or auditory discomfort; a mild hearing impairment following a severe acoustic shock or a terrible roar. In the structure of old popular texts, the term referred to the violent acoustic impact of a thunderbolt or an explosion.
• To injure oneself — To cause oneself, involuntarily or accidentally, a bodily injury, wound, or trauma during physical, domestic, or professional activities; to suffer an accident through one's own fault or carelessness, without the direct involvement of another person or a major external factor.
• Self-injury — The act of injuring oneself or its result; the involuntary occurrence of an injury, wound, or contusion caused by a person to their own body, a phenomenon frequently encountered in sports competitions due to muscle strain or incorrect execution of technical movements.
• Self-injured — Having suffered an accident or bodily injury through one's own fault, carelessness, or overexertion, without the direct intervention of a third party or a major external factor; a person (especially an athlete) who injured themselves during an activity.
• Self-injured female — The feminine singular form of the word autoaccidentat; said of a woman, a girl, or a female athlete who sustained an injury or wound through her own mistake, carelessness, or intense physical exertion, without physical contact with another person.
• Self-harmed — The feminine form of the term automutilat; describes a female individual, an anatomical area, or a bodily structure that has undergone a deliberate act of physical injury inflicted by oneself. From a therapeutic standpoint, the term is used when assessing emotional boundaries, indicating highly harmful coping mechanisms triggered by the inability to verbalize mental pain.
• Avulsion — The sudden, total or partial tearing away, extraction, or detachment of an organ, tissue, tooth, or anatomic fragment from its physiological site of fixation, caused by violent trauma or performed surgically. In dentistry, it defines the complete expulsion of a tooth from its socket following an external impact, whereas in general surgery it refers to the accidental tearing of tendons or skin flaps.