brain damage

noun

Pathology.

1. 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

A terrible accident left construction worker Phineas Gage with serious brain damage.

From BBC

The four-year-old Romanian boy, who was found unconscious in a car in Sardinia was airlifted to a hospital in Rome but died due to irreversible brain damage, reportedly caused by heatstroke, medical authorities told AFP.

From BBC

"The doctor in the ring said her pupils were fixed and dilated when he saw her first and already there was a chance that brain damage had occurred," Weiler, now a professor, said.

From BBC

However, other forms of brain damage could have affected his behavior.

From Los Angeles Times

Defective mitochondria can leave the body with insufficient energy to keep the heart beating as well as causing brain damage, seizures, blindness, muscle weakness and organ failure.

From BBC

Related Words

• cognitive impairment 
• debilitation 
• impairment 
• incapacitation 
• intellectual disability 
• limitation 
• restriction