en·ceph·a·lop·a·thy ( n-sf  -l p -th )n. pl. en·ceph·a·lop·a·thies Any of various diseases of the brain. en·ceph a·lo·pathic (-l-p th k) adj. |
encephalopathy [ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθɪ]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) any degenerative disease of the brain, often associated with toxic conditions See also BSE
| encephalopathy (n-sf-lp-th) Degeneration of brain function, caused by any of various acquired disorders, including metabolic disease, organ failure, inflammation, and chronic infection. |
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| Noun | 1. |  encephalopathy - any disorder or disease of the brainepilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions apraxia - inability to make purposeful movements paralysis agitans, Parkinson's, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's syndrome, Parkinsonism, shaking palsy - a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination cerebral palsy, spastic paralysis - a loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent brain damage present at birth agraphia, anorthography, logagraphia - a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion acataphasia - a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner aphasia - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion agnosia - inability to recognize objects by use of the senses CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease - rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control Reye's syndrome - acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children; characterized by fever, vomiting, disorientation, coma, and fatty infiltration of the liver Wernicke's encephalopathy - inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism |
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