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

Ms Chaervey explained Harry had two liver transplants when he was just 16 and 18 weeks old, but both failed, leading to organ failure and brain damage before he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

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It can look a lot like freshers' flu, but if left untreated, it can lead to seizures, brain damage and sepsis.

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

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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.

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"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.

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Related Words

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