cumulative trauma

(medicine) An injury or work strain that results from the repeated or continuous application of a work stress that would not ordinarily be harmful in single applications or in multiple applications of short duration.

Injury that continues after a wound from physical or psychic entry. (The latter is a wound that makes a lasting impression on the mind, especially upon the subconscious mind; for example, a three-year-old child could be traumatized by seeing father abuse mother.) Trauma results in other injuries of a continuing nature and is usually covered under health insurance policies.

Medical condition developing in the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems and musculoskeletal system due to forceful, awkward, and repetitive bodily motions as well as exposure to cold temperatures, mechanical stress, and vibrations.