irreversible brain damage
11damage — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 harm/injury ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, heavy, massive, serious, severe, significant, substantial, untold …
12damage — dam|age1 W2S2 [ˈdæmıdʒ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(physical harm)¦ 2¦(emotional harm)¦ 3¦(bad effect)¦ 4 damages 5 the damage is done 6 what s the damage? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: dam damage , from Latin damnum; …
13damage */*/*/ — I UK [ˈdæmɪdʒ] / US noun Get it right: damage: When damage means harm or injury it is an uncountable noun, and so: ▪ it is never used in the plural ▪ it never comes after a or a number Wrong: These toxins can cause damages to the lungs and… …
14damage — dam|age1 [ dæmıdʒ ] noun *** 1. ) uncount physical harm caused to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured: Mr. Charlton surveyed the damage caused by the bulldozer. damage to: Damage to the building could take six months to repair. do …
15brain death — /ˈbreɪn dɛθ/ (say brayn deth) noun the irreversible loss of function in the upper brain as a result of severe damage caused by trauma, stroke, haemorrhage or lack of oxygen …
16Primary and secondary brain injury — are ways to classify the injury processes that occur in brain injury. In traumatic brain injury (TBI), primary injury occurs during the initial insult, and results from displacement of the physical structures of the brain. On the other hand,… …
17Ablative brain surgery — Ablative surgery is the surgical ablation by burning or freezing of brain tissue to treat neurological or psychological disorders. The lesions it causes are irreversible.UsesParkinson s diseaseSurgical ablation has been used to treat Parkinson s… …
18Complications of traumatic brain injury — Traumatic brain injury (TBI, physical trauma to the brain) can cause a variety of complications, health effects that are not TBI themselves but that result from it. The risk of complications increases with the severity of the trauma;[1] however… …
19braindeath — brain death n. Irreversible brain damage and loss of brain function, as evidenced by cessation of breathing and other vital reflexes, unresponsiveness to stimuli, absence of muscle activity, and a flat electroencephalogram for a specific length… …
20syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …
