microtrauma
noun
microtrauma is spelled M-I-C-R-O-T-R-A-U-M-A: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, microtrauma means “Any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of microtrauma is microtraumas or microtraumata.
How many letters and syllables are in microtrauma?
| Letters | 11: M-I-C-R-O-T-R-A-U-M-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is microtrauma?
Microtrauma appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of microtrauma
- microtraumas plural
- microtraumata plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does microtrauma mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any small, insignificant injury, but especially one of a series (such as suffered by athletes) that can lead to major injury.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does microtrauma come from?
From micro- + trauma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).