Term: brain damage: injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.
Candidate hypernym: nervous disorder: a disorder of the nervous system → 1
Candidate hypernym: platanthera: herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres → 0
Candidate hypernym: chord: a straight line connecting two points on a curve → 0
Candidate hypernym: dress blues: a dress uniform for formal occasions → 0
Candidate hypernym: quitter: a person who gives up too easily → 0
Candidate hypernym: devourer: someone who eats greedily or voraciously → 0
Candidate hypernym: granulocyte: a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm → 0
Candidate hypernym: huckleberry oak: a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry → 0
Candidate hypernym: amalgamation: the combination of two or more commercial companies → 0
Candidate hypernym: charadriiformes: large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life → 0
Candidate hypernym: landing party: a part of a ship's company organized for special duties ashore → 0