brain disease

Noun

Meaning

any disorder or disease of the brain

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Parkinson's is described as a progressive idiopathic neurodegenerative disorder, a brain disease that will worsen with time for which no cause has as yet been identified. David Perlmutter

The origin of brain disease is in many cases predominantly dietary. Although several factors play into the genesis and progression of brain disorders, to a large extent numerous neurological afflictions often reflect the mistake of consuming too many carbs and too few healthy fats. David Perlmutter

Vertigo, it was thought at the time, could only be caused by a disease of the cerebellum. He observed this kind of patient for years and saw absolutely no symptoms of brain disease. Robert Barany

Alcoholic brain disease Nerve cells and other supporting cells (such as glial cells) of the nervous system require thiamine. Source: Internet

As a child, Beth Usher suffered from a devastating brain disease that was turning her life, and those of her family, into a nightmare. Source: Internet

But medical science tells us that addiction is actually a chronic relapsing brain disease, one that often takes hold when a genetic predisposition intersects with destabilizing environmental factors such as poverty or trauma. Source: Internet

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