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TBI
[ tee-bee-ahy ]
abbreviation for
- plural TBIs Medicine/Medical. traumatic brain injury: 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.
- Automotive. throttle-body injection: a fuel-injection system in which an injector delivers fuel to a central location within the intake manifold of the engine.
Example Sentences
Earlier this month, Stanford University published a study in Nature Medicine of 30 veterans with TBI in which Sean participated.
Tom Feegel, co-founder of Beond Ibogaine, a retreat center in Cancun, Mexico, said about half of people who attend treatments there are seeking help for substance use, 40% come to treat depression, anxiety, TBI or PTSD, and the remainder come for emotional and spiritual development purposes.
Sean experienced a TBI when an explosive device fell off a truck in Iraq and hit his head.
That clarity also helped with his TBI, which before had made accessing parts of his memory tough.
The study involved 32 individuals with TBI, randomly assigned to either a sleep or wake group following training on a motor task.
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