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brain damage
noun
injury or harm, congenital or acquired, to the tissues of the brain resulting from inadequate oxygen supply, trauma, or other cause.
Other Word Forms
- brain-damaged adjective
Example Sentences
Alex was taken to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan where doctors confirmed he had catastrophic brain damage and bleeding.
The musician was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic in 1984, according to Forbes, when doctors found evidence that his brain damage was linked to his use of psychedelic drugs.
A post-mortem examination at the time found brain damage and strangulation as the cause of death.
As far back as 2008, advocates have expressed anguish about Billy’s repetitive head-bobbing, which is a sign of brain damage, according to In Defense of Animals, which this year ranked the L.A.
Other data extrapolates from animal experiments or cases in which people have undergone brain damage to infer what is happening in functional brain regions.
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