brain disease
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3.2
- noun
- /breɪn dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad cerebral
- Still, we place one of our most vulnerable populations—older adults incapable of living alone and often afflicted with brain disease—in their care.
- degenerative brain disease
- chronic brain disease
- fatal brain disease
And so I started seeing the links between gum disease and heart disease, gum disease and brain disease, and now I'm a flossing fool.
- And so I started seeing the links between gum disease and heart disease, gum disease and brain disease, and now I'm a flossing fool.
- And how do you suggest addressing that issue if we're going to make any headway at all in brain diseases?
- People who are addicted to drugs and alcohol have a chronic relapsing brain disease.
- So in a degenerative brain disease, glial cells are slowly dying off and the brain's atrophying.
Examples
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Dozens of retired NFL players have been diagnosed with brain disease that scientists have linked to the concussions they sustained while playing football.
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Alzheimer's is a brain disease that causes a slow decline in memory, thinking, and reasoning skills.
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None had any history of brain disease.
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Addiction is truly a brain disease and not simply a behavior that someone can stop automatically.
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This progressive brain disease can lead to acute and selected memory loss.
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The ram was ultimately found to have scrapie, a brain disease that causes sheep to behave erratically, lose weight, and eventually die.
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So in a degenerative brain disease, glial cells are slowly dying off and the brain's atrophying.
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This progressive brain disease can lead to acute memory loss.
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Scientists now believe they have found how the fatal brain disease occurs.
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The findings could lead to treatments for degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Synonyms
8
5.0
A disease that affects the brain, spinal cord or nerves
5
3.7
A health problem that harms the brain and how it works
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9.9
A disease of the brain that affects how it works
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3.9
A health problem that affects the brain, spinal cord, or nerves
Antonyms
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1.0
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
How Serious
- Specialized
5
3.2
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'any disorder affecting the brain' is directly and compositionally derived from 'brain' (the organ) modifying 'disease' (a medical condition); the noun+noun configuration clearly signals a disease located in or affecting the brain. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish enfermedad cerebral) and thus readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Brain disease is a literal compound made from brain and disease, which creates the simple picture of the brain becoming sick. So, it means 'an illness that affects the brain'.