brain damage meaning

Definition of brain damage

1. injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.

   Type of: injury, nervous disorder

brain damage in a sentence

• Lead can cause irreversible brain damage.
• Lajos had extensive brain damage.
• Syphilis causes brain damage.
• Tom was in a coma for three weeks and suffered permanent brain damage.

How to pronounce brain damage

brain damage is pronounced /breɪn ˈdæmɪdʒ/ in British English and /breɪn ˈdæmədʒ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.