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minimal brain dysfunction

American  

noun

  1. (no longer in technical use) attention deficit disorder.


Etymology

Origin of minimal brain dysfunction

First recorded in 1960–65

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Then, after 1� hours of neurological and other tests, he pronounced Jeremy a "classic case of minimal brain dysfunction."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the 1940s and '50s, the same constellation of symptoms was called minimal brain damage and, later, minimal brain dysfunction.

From Time Magazine Archive