brain disorder
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- noun
- /breɪn dɪsˈɔrdər/
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- Many residents suffer from brain disorders, such as dementia, that cloud their thinking and lower their inhibitions.
- degenerative brain disorder
- incurable brain disorder
- brain disorder such as Alzheimer
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- These things aren't mental disorders, they're brain disorders.
- But there may also be downfalls like dementia or other brain disorders.
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- For people with serious mental disorders, I want you to treat it like you have epilepsy because you do have a serious brain disorder.
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CJD is a degenerative, odd, and perpetually fatal brain disorder.
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It is one of the most common brain disorders of childhood.
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In theory, this therapy can be used to treat a wide range of brain disorders.
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He has several brain disorders.
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Thus, they were seen as essentially bright children with academic problems caused by a brain disorder interfering with their ability to process information.
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Diagnosing some brain disorders requires testing that can be expensive and complicated.
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According to a release from the university, Sully, now 10, was born with hemimegalencephaly, a rare brain disorder that causes seizures and developmental delays.
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Current trends to demedicalize schizophrenia, an illness the National Institute of Mental Health calls a brain disorder, are worrisome and make it more likely that people experiencing psychosis will continue to not receive the treatment they need.
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In 2003, Bruce Miller, a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered that some patients suffering from a degenerative brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia (FTD) developed sudden and remarkable artistic talents as their conditions progressed.
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Many residents suffer from brain disorders, such as dementia, that cloud their thinking and lower their inhibitions.
Synonyms
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An unusual growth of cells in the brain that can be harmful
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A brain illness in older people that gets worse over time and causes memory loss and confusion
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A condition that causes problems with thinking, feeling, or behaving
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A serious illness that makes the brain swell, often from a virus
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A disease that affects the brain, spinal cord or nerves
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An illness that damages the brain and makes it work less well
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A disease of the brain that affects how it works
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A serious problem that affects a person's mind and feelings and may need medical help
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A health problem that affects the brain, spinal cord, or nerves
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Swelling of the brain caused by too much fluid in its tissue
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A health problem that affects the brain and nerves and causes symptoms like pain or numbness
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An old name for a serious infection of the brain or its lining
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Swelling in the brain that happens when extra fluid builds up
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A childhood condition causing learning and behavior problems and too much activity
A sudden short-term brain problem that makes a person confused and often follows illness, injury, or medicine use
A brain problem caused by injury or disease that harms thinking and memory
A condition in children that makes them restless and have trouble paying attention, now called ADHD
Antonyms
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The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
How Serious
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a medical condition affecting the brain' is directly and compositionally derived from 'brain' (the organ controlling thought) + 'disorder' (a diagnosed physical or mental condition). This is a literal, non-idiomatic compound found across languages and in everyday/medical usage, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The word brain disorder is easy to picture: think of the brain as an office and disorder as papers mixed up and out of order. So, brain disorder means a condition where the brain is 'not working properly'.