CONCUSSION

Concussion

Concussion, from the Latin concutere or concussus, is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. The terms mild brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, mild head injury, minor head trauma, and concussion may be used interchangeably, although the last is often treated as a narrower category. Although the term "concussion" is still used in sports literature as interchangeable with "MHI" or "MTBI", the general clinical medical literature now uses "MTBI" instead.

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concussion

Noun

  1. A violent collision or shock.
  2. An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
  3. The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.


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