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

Chen was discovered in the couple's room by resort staff with multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head after the couple was heard arguing and didn't appear at breakfast or lunch the next day. —CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024

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

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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