traumatic brain injury

noun

A traumatic injury to the brain caused by an external force.

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nountraumatic brain injury (plural traumatic brain injuries)

plural traumatic brain injuries

  1. medicineA traumatic injury to the brain caused by an external force.

    Almost three dozen US service members were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after the Iranian missile attack earlier this month, the Pentagon said Friday.

    2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN

    Synonyms: TBI

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traumatic injury to the brain caused by an external force.

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Chinese Mandarin 創傷性腦損傷 /创伤性脑损伤
  • 創傷性腦損傷 /创伤性脑损伤 (chuāngshāngxìng nǎosǔnshāng)traumatic injury to the brain
Finnish aivovamma
  • aivovammatraumatic injury to the brain
French traumatisme crânien, trauma crânien
  • traumatisme crânientraumatic injury to the brain
  • trauma crânientraumatic injury to the brain
  • traumatisme cranio-cérébraltraumatic injury to the brain
Portuguese traumatismo cranioencefálico
  • traumatismo cranioencefálicotraumatic injury to the brain
Russian че́репно-мозгова́я тра́вма
  • че́репно-мозгова́я тра́вма (čérepno-mozgovája trávma)traumatic injury to the brain
Spanish traumatismo craneoencefálico
  • traumatismo craneoencefálicotraumatic injury to the brain
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APA

traumatic brain injury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatic%20brain%20injury

MLA

“traumatic brain injury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatic%20brain%20injury. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traumatic brain injury,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatic%20brain%20injury.

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