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- adjective Suffering from brain damage (an
injury to thebrain ). - adjective programming, pejorative Poorly designed; obviously wrong;
cretinous ;demented .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This child was described as brain-damaged and subject to continuous convulsions.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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David Gibbs III, a lawyer who in 2005 fought to keep brain-damaged Terri Schiavo on life support, told rally participants gay marriage would open the door to unusual marriage in North Carolina.
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The baby in that case was born severely brain-damaged.
NHS is failing to protect vulnerable babies and must learn from its mistakes 2011
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After his arrest, he twice tried to kill himself, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to enter a plea.
Arsema Dawit murder: IPCC finds Met police failings over teenager killed by ex Sam Jones 2010
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The huge increase in damages reflects improved knowledge of a brain-damaged baby's lifetime care needs, as well as an increase in the number of cases settled, from 26 to 36.
NHS faces £85.8m compensation bill over maternity blunders 2011
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Democrats have balked at the governor's proposal to cap pain-and-suffering recoveries at $250,000 and to create an indemnity fund to subsidize treatment of brain-damaged infants.
Budget Deal Takes Shape Jacob Gershman 2011
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A paralyzed man in the U.K. was left brain-damaged after a nurse working in his home accidentally switched off his ventilator, the BBC is reporting.
Violetta Aylward, UK Nurse, Turns Off Man's Life Support By Mistake (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Assisted dying, where a judge ruled against a family's wish to turn off a brain-damaged loved one's life support machine this week?
Speed limit: Philip Hammond puts his foot on the accelerator | Michael White 2011
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A paralyzed man in the U.K. was left brain-damaged after a nurse working in his home accidentally switched off his ventilator, the BBC is reporting.
Violetta Aylward, UK Nurse, Turns Off Man's Life Support By Mistake (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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It claims that those groups inappropriately benefited from the team's final recommendations to cap pain-and-suffering in malpractice awards at $250,000 and to create a medical indemnity fund to help hospitals pay for the costs of treating brain-damaged infants.
Ethics Questions Jacob Gershman 2011
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