brain damage

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. injury or harm, congenital or acquired, to the tissues of the brain resulting from inadequate oxygen supply, trauma, or other cause.

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Other Word Forms

• brain-damaged
  adjective

Example Sentences

Baby Alissa suffered severe brain damage due to a lack of oxygen caused by the placenta coming away from the womb wall.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

After an aneurysm, your former life, free from the threat of death, of brain damage, of another aneurysm, is gone and buried.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Researchers also observed that greater amounts of the bacterium were associated with more severe brain damage and worse cognitive decline.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

Evangeline Lilly says she has brain damage after fainting and falling on a boulder at a beach in Hawaii last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

In his book Descartes’ Error, Damasio describes trying to set up an appointment with a patient with this kind of brain damage:

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Related Words

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