Brain Damage Definition

noun
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.
American Heritage Medicine
Injuries to the nervous system.
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Stupidity.
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Other Word Forms of Brain Damage

Noun

Singular:
brain damage
Plural:
brain-damages

Brain Damage Sentence Examples

  • When the mother has high blood pressure (hypertension) or blood poisoning (toxemia), the flow of oxygen to the fetus may be reduced, causing brain damage and mental retardation.

  • Still, she was beginning to have a bad feeling that he might have brain damage.

  • The doctor said they could find no reason for him to stay in a coma, except the possibility of brain damage from lack of oxygen or blood loss.

  • She refused to give in to the nagging question of brain damage.

  • Complications of whooping cough include bronchopneumonia, acute encephalopathy, and long-term brain damage as a result of cerebral hypoxia.

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EGEAGE

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