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BRAIN DRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brain drain mean? 

BRAIN DRAIN (noun)
  The noun BRAIN DRAIN has 1 sense:

1. depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnelplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BRAIN DRAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("brain drain" is a kind of...):

drain (a gradual depletion of energy or resources)


 Context examples 


Until very recently, researchers in the modern era found no evidence of a lymphatic system in the brain, leaving some puzzled about how the brain drains waste, and others to conclude that brain is an exceptional organ.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)



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