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ACUTE BRAIN DISORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute brain disorder mean? 

ACUTE BRAIN DISORDER (noun)
  The noun ACUTE BRAIN DISORDER has 1 sense:

1. any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)play

  Familiarity information: ACUTE BRAIN DISORDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACUTE BRAIN DISORDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute brain disorder; acute organic brain syndrome

Hypernyms ("acute brain disorder" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)


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