Icketraumatisk
Icketraumatisk (often written icke-traumatisk) is a medical term used to describe injuries, conditions, or symptoms that occur without an identifiable external physical trauma. The term denotes that the underlying cause is non-traumatic.
Etymology and form: The term is built from the prefix icke- meaning not, and traumatisk meaning traumatic.
Contexts and examples: Icketraumatisk is used across medical specialties to separate non-traumatic etiologies from traumatic ones
Significance and limitations: The label is descriptive rather than diagnostic; it helps guide diagnostic work-up and
See also: trauma, traumatic injury, non-traumatic disease, non-traumatic brain injury.