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brain tsunami

American

[breyn tsoo-nah-mee] / ˈbreɪn tsʊˌnɑ mi /

noun

Pathology.

PLURAL

brain tsunamis

another term for spreading depolarization.

Etymology

Origin of brain tsunami

First recorded in 2010–15

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