Definition of brain-damaged in US English:
brain-damaged
adjectiveˈbreɪnˌdæmɪdʒdˈbrānˌdamijd
1Suffering from an injury to the brain that impairs its functions, especially on a permanent basis.
she was irreversibly brain-damaged
a neurologist who studies brain-damaged patients
Example sentencesExamples
- Some say that the biggest losers in litigation over brain-damaged babies are the parents of children whose cases are rejected by lawyers.
- The case of a severely brain-damaged 11- year-old will be heard at the Massachusetts Supreme Court tomorrow.
- You don't stop feeding them just because they are brain-damaged or retarded.
- The bitter family feud over the brain-damaged woman's right to life evolved into an unprecedented political battle.
- The husband speaks out about his emotional fight to have his brain-damaged wife's feeding tube removed.
- There are lots of cases across the country where the plug is quietly pulled on brain-damaged patients.
- The forceps were pressed too hard into his temples, leaving him permanently brain-damaged.
- In the brain-damaged patients, the sound of the voice prompted a pattern of brain activity similar to that of healthy participants.
- For each subject, the index is the proportion of tests that have resulted in the range characteristic of brain-damaged subjects.
- A raffle was organized by a devoted mother to raise cash for her brain-damaged daughter's treatment.
- 1.1offensive, informal Extremely foolish or stupid.
he's a treacherous brain-damaged old vulture