brain damage
75
3.7
- noun
- /breɪn ˈdæmɪdʒ/
- Specialized
:
daño cerebral
- After the fall, the tests revealed signs of brain damage that could lead to long-term cognitive issues.
- suffer brain damage
- permanent brain damage
- cause brain damage
All the words that I can manage because of all of my brain damage.
- All the words that I can manage because of all of my brain damage.
- And this is a wired in structural change that is actually causing brain damage.
- And it turns out there is such a thing as Amusea, the loss of music ability after brain damage, OK.
- And we believe that's where in the combination of the brain damage and other things he faced, we believe that's where he lost his mind.
- If we wake him up, he could have had suffered such brain damage from oxygen starvation or trauma, you know, sprain, swelling.
- A response perhaps, but no one could arouse him from a coma as months past the doctors offered no hope because of severe brain damage.
- Well, the test results are back and he had pervasive, pervasive brain damage from playing the game.
- It's organic brain damage at that, that stage.
- The child was then thirteen years old, had severe brain damage, was blind, unable to communicate or control his bodily functions, feed himself or move.
- We can't believe there's no brain damage but the time in years which is right.
- And the kid lived, but it was just, you know, brain damage.
- You're I had a physician once telling me that I was causing brain damage in my kids.
- S Watson with a serious car crash, brain damage?
- Is there a pool of people with brain damage the size of the yellow slug you were talking about?
- Unless something happens very quickly and she either that or you can get severe brain damage.
Examples
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The researchers focused on therapies that aim to repair brain damage caused by traumatic injuries.
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Even NFL players in their 20s have been found to have brain damage.
Academic text (2011) -
OK, The story is very different for brain damage in kids.
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You could get brain damage from that, you know?
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If it is brain damage, she may never be able to walk again.
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"The possibility of significant brain damage is very small," he said.
Fiction book (1990) -
But that you can actually cause brain damage just by not showing a child enough affection.
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At higher levels, lead can cause brain damage, coma, and death.
Academic text (1995) -
After his truck jackknifed off a country road, he sustained severe brain damage.
Academic text (2009) -
An examination of his brain linked his depression to brain damage caused by repeated concussions sustained during his career.
Academic text (2011)
How Severe
- Specialized
4
5.8
- Specialized
75
3.7
144
5.3
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'brain' (the organ controlling thought and memory) with 'damage' (injury or reduction of function). This straightforward noun–noun composition corresponds to a common, literal semantic relation and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Brain damage is a simple picture: the brain is hurt and the damage is lasting harm that changes how it works. So, it means 'injury to the brain that causes lasting problems with how it works'.