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softening of the brain

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softening of the brain
n
(Medicine / Pathology) an abnormal softening of the tissues of the cerebrum characterized by various degrees of mental impairment


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When I returned alone to the picture-gallery--when I remembered that I had not even had the wit to improve my opportunity by discovering her name and address--I did really and seriously ask myself if these were the first symptoms of softening of the brain.
"I say, Watson," he whispered, "would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?
I have often observed that the Season as it goes on produces a kind of softening of the brain.
 
 
 
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