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An injury to the brain might be referred to as a ______ trauma.

Correct Incorrect Cerebral pertains to the brain. While it has entered common English as a synonym for "intellectual," "cerebral" retains its medical meaning, unlike "intellectual." An "intellectual" injury might be the humiliation of mistakenly quoting Socrates when it was really a Hallmark card.