irreversible brain damage

collocation in English

meaningsofirreversible,brainanddamage

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irreversible
adjective
uk
/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/us
/ˌɪr.əˈvɝː.sə.bəl/
not possible to change; impossible to return to a ...
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brain
noun
uk
/breɪn/us
/breɪn/
the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofirreversible,brainanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Early intervention may correct the symptoms and preventirreversiblebraindamage in the patient.
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Early intervention may correct the symptoms and preventirreversiblebraindamage, and the quality of life for the patient may improve.
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Early detection and intervention may alleviate the symptoms of delirium and preventirreversiblebraindamage.
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The boy sufferedirreversiblebraindamage and poisoning.
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It is clearly accepted that the whooping cough vaccine now in use can causeirreversiblebraindamage.
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Everyone is aware of theirreversiblebraindamage it can cause.
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A few days later a specialist said that she hadirreversiblebraindamage.
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Irreversiblebraindamage which recovered, cancers which turned out to be cysts, despite all evidence to the contrary, proven cancers which regressed and disappeared—all these have come my way.
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Matchee was taken into custody, tried to hang himself, but only succeeded in causing himselfirreversiblebraindamage.
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Compression of the nervous tissue usually results inirreversiblebraindamage.
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The state ofirreversiblebraindamage has to be unequivocal.
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Lead can result inirreversiblebraindamage to their still developing brains.
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The girl was resuscitated but sufferedirreversiblebraindamage.
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Diggs sufferedirreversiblebraindamage as a result.
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