second impact syndrome
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second impact syndrome (usually uncountable, plural second impact syndromes)
- 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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- SIS (abbreviation)
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- SIS (abbreviation)
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- second impact syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia