Definitions for: Encephalopathy


[n] any disorder or disease of the brain



Webster (1913) Definition: En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy, n. [Gr. ? the brain + ?,
?, 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.

Synonyms: brain disease, brain disorder

See Also: acataphasia, agnosia, agraphia, anorthography, aphasia, apraxia, cerebral palsy, CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, epilepsy, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, logagraphia, nervous disorder, neurological disease, neurological disorder, paralysis agitans, Parkinsonism, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, shaking palsy, spastic paralysis, Wernicke's encephalopathy

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