brain damage

brain damage

n.

Injury to the brain that is caused by various conditions, such as head trauma, inadequate oxygen supply, infection, or intracranial hemorrhage, and that may be associated with a behavioral or functional abnormality.

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brain′-dam′aged (-dăm′ĭjd) adj.

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Noun

1.

brain damage - injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder - a disorder of the nervous system harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

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