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traumatic brain injury
[traw-mat-ik breyn in-juh-ree, truh-mat-ik]
noun
damage to the brain from a source outside the body, such as an object that strikes the head violently or penetrates the skull, which causes symptoms ranging from headache and dizziness to permanent physical or mental disability: TBI
After the car accident, he was diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury that greatly affected his memory and ability to concentrate.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of traumatic brain injury1
Example Sentences
One man hit by a car on Santa Monica Boulevard in January 2017 lived for nearly two years with a traumatic brain injury before dying unidentified in the hospital.
A 15-year-old three-time world kickboxing champion died from a severe traumatic brain injury after an unsanctioned fight which had no safeguards, a coroner has ruled.
“What made this unique is the video,” said Rivas Barillas’ attorney, Jamal Tooson, who said his client suffered a broken nose and traumatic brain injury.
Westminster Coroner's Court heard the Bradford-born actor had had a fall on 11 August last year, which resulted in a "significant traumatic brain injury".
The infant suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and died at the scene, and his father Jake Wilkinson suffered spinal fractures.
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