organic brain syndrome

organic brain syndrome definition - medical

organic brain syndrome

noun Abbr. OBS
Any of a group of acute or chronic syndromes involving temporary or permanent impairment of brain function caused by trauma, infection, toxin, tumor, or tissue sclerosis, and causing mild-to-severe impairment of memory, orientation, judgment, intellectual functions, and emotional adjustment. Also called organic mental syndrome.

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