Trauma Medical Terms

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noun a type of traumatic brain injury that occurs when the brain rapidly shifts inside the skull as a result of sudden acceleration or deceleration, causing widespread damage to the brain's axons

  • Diffuse axonal injury is a type of traumatic brain injury that is characterized by widespread damage to the brain's white matter.
  • I heard that diffuse axonal injury is a serious condition that can result from a car accident.
  • Man, that diffuse axonal injury sounds like a real brain buster.
  • Dealing with that problem was like navigating through a maze of diffuse axonal injury.