ACUTE ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acute organic brain syndrome mean? 

• ACUTE ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun ACUTE ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)

  Familiarity information: ACUTE ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACUTE ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any disorder (as sudden confusion or disorientation) in an otherwise normal person that is due to reversible (temporary) impairment of brain tissues (as by head injuries or drugs or infection)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acute brain disorder; acute organic brain syndrome

Hypernyms ("acute organic brain syndrome" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)