Meanings
comparative more atraumatic · superlative most atraumatic
- That minimises trauma.
The need to preserve alveolar bone is paramount and best achieved by atraumatic exodontias including socket compression.
2006, David A. Mitchell, An Introduction to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, page 187
Origin
From a- + traumatic. First use appears c. 1934.
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