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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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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

Grace was fortunate to have no brain damage when she was brought out of her coma.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 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

These insights may help doctors make more informed decisions about early treatment strategies, potentially slowing disease progression before lasting brain damage occurs.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

It is not easy, however, to separate brain damage from the effects of fear.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

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