brain attack

noun

Examples of brain attack in a Sentence

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Travis suffered the stroke in 2013, after which doctors gave him a 2% chance of surviving following the discovery that in addition to paralysis the brain attack caused damage to the area of his brain controlling speech and language that had left it nearly beyond repair. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brain attack was in 1990

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“Brain attack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20attack. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

brain attack

noun
: stroke
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