Meaning & use
organic brain syndrome
A decline in mental function caused by a physical disease or injury affecting the brain.
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Doctors diagnosed the elderly patient's confusion as organic brain syndrome caused by a stroke.
Organic brain syndrome can produce memory loss and confusion similar to other forms of dementia.
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Organic brain syndrome is an older medical term now largely replaced by more specific diagnoses such as delirium or dementia.
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