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traumatic brain injury

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

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