brain damage
Neurological harm sustained
Brain damage is injury to the brain that impairs function, whether from trauma, disease, or oxygen deprivation.
The effects range from mild to catastrophic depending on severity and location.
Informally, brain damage describes anything that dulls the mind: Watching that show will give you brain damage.
Someone acting foolishly might be called brain-damaged.
Brain injury from impact
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- lesionArea of pathological change
swelling · traumatic · neurotrauma · subdural · epidural · hematoma · TBI · blunt force
Mental knowledge acquisition
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- deficitAmount still owed
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
amnesia · confusion · aphasia · atrophy · disability · deterioration · encephalopathy · incapacity
concussion
Brain injury from impact
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
lesion · swelling · traumatic · neurotrauma · subdural · epidural · hematoma · TBI · blunt force · hypoxia
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- deficitAmount still owed
dementia · amnesia · confusion · aphasia · atrophy · disability · deterioration · encephalopathy · incapacity · debilitation
- Neuropsychologycognition, memory test, cognitive test, executive function, working memory
- dysfunctionserectile dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, thyroid dysfunction, organ failure, heart failure
- tissue damagenecrosis, laceration, lesion, wound, bruising
- birth injuriescerebral palsy, HIE, broken collarbone, facial paralysis, oxygen deprivation
- FASDFASD, fetal alcohol syndrome, cognitive deficits, developmental delays
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, asthma
brain damagebrain health
Mind's physical condition
cognitive health · neuroplasticity · neurological health · sound mind · neuroprotection
brain damagegenius
Person of rare brilliance
brilliance · mental acuity · sharp mind · mental sharpness · cognitive enhancement
brain, damage, damaged, damaging, damages, undamaged, brainless, brained, brainier