traumatism

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Accidental causes are traumatism and an adjacent inflammation of the pleura.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

He says that in 543 cases of traumatism of the liver collected by Elder, 65 were caused by cutting or sharp-pointed instruments.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Acute bursitis and thecitis is of frequent occurrence in horses because of direct injury from contusion, punctures and other forms of traumatism.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Dyspnea is usually present in tracheal foreign bodies, and is due to the bulk of the foreign body plus the subglottic swelling caused by the traumatism of the shiftings of the intruder.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Here was the real psychic traumatism, the operation of which merely became manifest in the cat.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock