びまん性せい軸じく索さく損そん傷しょう

noun

diffuse axonal injury; DAI

Medical term for a type of traumatic brain injury where widespread damage to axons occurs. Often abbreviated as DAI in clinical contexts.

• 交こう通つう事じ故こでびまん性せい軸じく索さく損そん傷しょうと診しん断だんされた。

  He was diagnosed with diffuse axonal injury after the traffic accident.

• びまん性せい軸じく索さく損そん傷しょうは、画が像ぞう診しん断だんでは見みつけにくいことがある。

  Diffuse axonal injury can sometimes be difficult to detect with imaging.