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Encephalopathy

En-cephˊa-lop′a-thy

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ἐγκέφαλοσ

the brain +

πάσχειν

,

παθεῖν

, to suffer.]

(Med.)

Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain;

as, lead

encephalopathy

, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning

.

Definition 2024

encephalopathy

encephalopathy

English

Noun

encephalopathy ‎(plural encephalopathies)

(pathology, neurology) Any of various conditions affecting the brain.

Translations

condition affecting the brain

Chinese:
Mandarin: 腦病 (zh), 脑病 (zh) ‎(naobing)
Dutch: encefalopathie (nl)
Finnish: aivosairaus
French: encéphalopathie (fr)
German: Enzephalopathie f
Greek: εγκεφαλοπάθεια (el) f ‎(enkefalopátheia)
Italian: encefalopatia (it) f

Japanese: 脳症 ‎(のうしょう, nōshō)
Korean: 뇌질환 ‎(noejirhwan)
Latin: encephalopathia f
Polish: encefalopatia (pl)
Portuguese: encefalopatia (pt) f
Romanian: encefalopatie (ro) f
Russian: энцефалопа́тия (ru) f ‎(encefalopátija)
Spanish: encefalopatía f
Swedish: encefalopati (sv) c

Derived terms

bovine spongiform encephalopathy
Hashimoto's encephalopathy
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
Wernicke's encephalopathy