neurotrauma

English

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ trauma.

Noun

neurotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural neurotraumas)

1. (medicine) Neural trauma.
   • 2009 March 30, Michael Paul Mason, “Keeping Our Heads”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     One of the most promising neurotrauma protocols comes from an Emory University researcher, Donald Stein, whose work suggests that a dose of the hormone progesterone administered within 24 hours of a brain injury could have a profound protective effect.

Hyponyms

• ABI (“acquired brain injury”)
• SCI (“spinal cord injury”)
• TBI (“traumatic brain injury”)

Related terms

• neurotraumatic