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Synonyms

brain damage

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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

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He defended crafts chain Michael’s against claims that toxic levels of carbon monoxide at one of its stores caused brain damage to an employee’s unborn daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

The boards also noted that he had permanent brain damage and had suffered huge bed sores.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Despite its growing impact, there is currently no cure and no widely used screening method that can detect the disease early, before it causes significant and often irreversible brain damage.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 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

Tally wondered if you could talk somebody out of their brain damage.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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