TBI
Americanabbreviation
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.
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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.
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It was initially a counterpoint to the Pusser museum’s biannual official bus tour, though this year’s was postponed amid the fallout from the TBI investigation.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025
Sorting through the 1,000-page TBI file and associated audio and video requires, as Connie Elam, Mike’s wife, told me, a “police officer’s eye for details.”
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2025
Dr. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, director of Penn Medicine’s TBI research center, said that ibogaine is “one of the more promising compounds” for treatment of TBI.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
Earlier this month, Stanford University published a study in Nature Medicine of 30 veterans with TBI in which Sean participated.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2025
The study involved 32 individuals with TBI, randomly assigned to either a sleep or wake group following training on a motor task.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
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