organic brain syndrome


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organic brain syndrome

n.
Any of various disorders of cognition caused by permanent or temporary brain dysfunction and characterized especially by dementia.
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Noun1.organic brain syndrome - mental abnormality resulting from disturbance of the structure or function of the brain
mental abnormality - any abnormality of mental function
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