Meaning of ENCEPHALOPATHY
| Pronunciation: | | en`sefu'lâputhee
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| | Definition: | | [n] any disorder or disease of the brain |
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| | Synonyms: | | brain disease, brain disorder |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A disorder of the brain that can be caused by disease, injury, drugs, or chemicals. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any disease of the brain. |
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