encephalopathy

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encephalopathy

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Etymology

From encephalo- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/

Noun

encephalopathy (countable and uncountable, plural encephalopathies)

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

   Synonym: encephalosis

Derived terms

• alcoholic encephalopathy
• bilirubinencephalopathy
• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• chronic traumatic encephalopathy
• encephalopathic
• Hashimoto's encephalopathy
• hepatoencephalopathy
• leucoencephalopathy
• meningoencephalopathy
• myeloencephalopathy
• transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
• Wernicke's encephalopathy

 

Translations

condition affecting the brain

Catalan: encefalopatia f Chinese: Mandarin: 腦病 / 脑病 (zh) (naobing) Dutch: encefalopathie (nl) Finnish: aivosairaus (fi) French: encéphalopathie (fr) German: Enzephalopathie f Greek: εγκεφαλοπάθεια (el) f (egkefalopátheia) Irish: einceifealapaite f Italian: encefalopatia (it) f Japanese: 脳症 (ja) (のうしょう, nōshō) Korean: 뇌질환 (noejilhwan) 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