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

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

The mother of a man who suffered severe brain damage due to diabetes says she wants to "create happy memories" by bringing him home to be close to his family on the Isle of Man.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 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