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second-impact syndrome

second-impact syndrome is the alternative form of second impact syndrome.

Meaning of second impact syndrome

Noun

second impact syndrome (usually uncountable, plural second impact syndromes)

  1. (usually) A rapid and severe brain swelling caused by a second concussion before the first one has sufficiently healed, resulting in possible death or permanent disability.
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Forms of second-impact syndrome

pluralsecond-impact syndromes

Questions about second-impact syndrome

What is second-impact syndrome the alternative form of?
Second-impact syndrome is the alternative form of second impact syndrome.

Words near second-impact syndrome in the dictionary

  1. second-handedness
  2. second-hander
  3. second-handers
  4. second-harmonic generation
  5. second-harmonic generations
  6. second-impact syndrome
  7. second-in-command
  8. second-language acquisition
  9. second-last
  10. second-level domain
  11. second-level domains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: second-impact syndrome (page history and authors); second impact syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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