damage
Eating fish contaminated with mercury can cause permanent brain damage in infants.
Fortunately, doctors were able to treat her before she suffered irreversible brain damage.
He suffered severe brain damage as the result of an accident.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Injuring and injuries
at-risk
battered child syndrome
battered woman syndrome
be in the warsidiom
bite
eviscerate
flesh wound
fourth degree
gash
granulate
harm
incapacitate
insult
pi
pull
reinjure
reinjury
scarred
strain
wounded