Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.735: Definitions.

As used in sections 192.735 to 192.745, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Brain injury" or "traumatic brain injury" , a sudden insult or damage to the brain or its coverings, not of a degenerative nature. Such insult or damage may produce an altered state of consciousness and may result in a decrease of one or more of the following: mental, cognitive, behavioral or physical functioning resulting in partial or total disability. Cerebral vascular accidents, aneurisms and congenital deficits are specifically excluded from this definition;

(2) "Department" , the department of health and senior services;

(3) "Spinal cord injury" , an injury that occurs as a result of trauma, which may involve spinal vertebral fracture, and where the injured person suffers two or more of the following effects either immediately or within forty-eight hours of injury:

(a) Effects on the sensory system including numbness, tingling or loss of sensation in the body or in one or more extremities;

(b) Effects on the motor system including weakness or paralysis in one or more extremities;

(c) Effects on the visceral system including bowel or bladder dysfunction or hypotension.