brain-damaged
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈbreɪnˌdæmɪd/
- Specialized
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con daño cerebral
- The current evidence from studying brain-damaged patients and individuals with healthy brains suggests that neural networks specifically devoted to music exist.
- brain-damaged patients
This is useful bro, I would have been brain damaged by this point.
- This is useful bro, I would have been brain damaged by this point.
- But everybody, unless they're brain damaged, like a hole through their head has two anterior mid cingulate cortex, one on each side of their brain.
Examples
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We have to be extremely careful, or she could be brain damaged, for life.
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Or teach math to a kid who's brain-damaged from fetal alcohol syndrome.
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He'll get hit by a car, or kidnapped, or fall off his bike and get brain damaged.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's brain damaged from birth.
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Or working to get benefits for a brain-damaged patient, even if there is no one to sue and no fee to collect.
Academic text (2000) -
I know that there are brain-damaged people who live entirely in the moment, whose memories fade in the instant they're formed.
Fiction book (2001) -
In 1975, a drug and alcohol overdose left... Karen Ann Quinlan brain damaged and in a coma.
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The accident left him brain-damaged, affecting his ability to speak and walk.
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Doctors confirmed that the brain-damaged patient would require long-term rehabilitation.
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After the fall, she was diagnosed as brain-damaged, struggling with basic tasks.
Synonyms
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4.4
Not working well because of damage or weakness
A person who has difficulty thinking or learning because of a brain problem
Antonyms
How Damaged
Surface Forms
Morphology
brain-damaged = brain damage (transparent) = brain + damage + ed
Formed from the noun phrase 'brain damage' plus the adjectival '-ed', giving the straightforward meaning 'having brain damage'.
Etymology
Brain-damaged is a simple compound made from brain, the organ in your head, and damage, which means 'harm' or 'injury', so the phrase literally names harm to the brain. That's why brain-damaged is used for a person whose thinking or physical abilities are affected by injury to their brain.