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TBI

American  
[tee-bee-ahy] / ˈtiˈbiˈaɪ /

abbreviation

TBIs plural
  1. 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.

  2. 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

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The TBI argues that the government should immediately implement a series of changes to reduce the number of people claiming these benefits.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

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

But the current study found that females and whites were overrepresented among the 1,148 participants with TBI.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2024

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