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Organic brain syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F06.9 ICD 9 310.9 … Wikipedia
organic brain syndrome — noun mental abnormality resulting from disturbance of the structure or function of the brain • Hypernyms: ↑mental abnormality * * * noun : any acute or chronic mental dysfunction (as delirium or senile dementia) resulting chiefly from physical… … Useful english dictionary
organic brain syndrome — noun Date: 1966 an acute or chronic mental dysfunction (as Alzheimer s disease) resulting chiefly from physical changes in brain structure and characterized especially by impaired cognition … New Collegiate Dictionary
acute organic brain syndrome — delirium. 2. occasionally, a term used to denote the acute form of an organic mental syndrome … Medical dictionary
organic personality syndrome — a term used in a former system of classification, denoting an organic mental syndrome characterized by a marked change in behavior or personality, caused by a specific organic factor and not associated with delirium or dementia. The most common… … Medical dictionary
acute organic brain syndrome — noun 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) • Syn: ↑acute brain disorder • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
organic mental syndrome — former term for a constellation of psychological or behavioral signs and symptoms associated with brain dysfunction of unknown or unspecified etiology and grouped according to symptoms (cf. organic mental disorder). Designating certain conditions … Medical dictionary
Organic disease — An organic disease is one which involves or affects physiology or bodily organs. A disease in which there is a physiological change to some tissue or organ of the body. Organic disease may also be used to mean a condition that is not caused by an … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
organicbrain syndrome — organic brain syndrome n. Any of various disorders of cognition caused by permanent or temporary brain dysfunction and characterized especially by dementia. * * * … Universalium
