TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Definition & Meaning

traumatic brain injury

[ traw-mat-ik breyn in-juh-ree, truh-mat-ik ]

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noun

Medicine/Medical.

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 CTE ( def ).
After the car accident, he was diagnosed with a severe traumatic brain injury that greatly affected his memory and ability to concentrate.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of traumatic brain injury¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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He suffered a broken nose and a “traumatic brain injury,” according to a lawsuit he filed last year.

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The argument between the two began when McCain, a longtime Republican critical of President Donald Trump and a self-proclaimed LGBTQ+ ally, responded to a post on X from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt regarding Payton McNabb, a 19-year-old who says she suffered a traumatic brain injury after a transgender woman spiked a volleyball into her face during a match in high school.

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Mr Tooson said the other teen he represents was attacked three times in one day at the facility, leaving the client unconscious and with traumatic brain injury.

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The teen suffered a broken nose and a “traumatic brain injury,” according to a civil claim filed last year.

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They attribute the decline in enlistments to a loss of faith in the government’s commitment to care for disabled veterans at a time when military service is associated with “war trauma leading to physical and psychological harms, such as PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and elevated suicide risk.”

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