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traumatology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: accident surgery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

From trauma + -ology.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տրավմատոլոգիա (travmatologia) — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Czech: traumatologie — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Dutch: traumatologie — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Finnish: traumatologia — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Finnish: vammaoppi — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • French: traumatologie — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Georgian: ტრავმატოლოგია (ṭravmaṭologia) — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • German: Traumatologie — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Greek: τραυματολογία (travmatología) — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Hungarian: traumatológia — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Italian: traumatologia — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Portuguese: traumatologia — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Russian: травматология (travmatologija) — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma
  • Spanish: traumatología — branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma