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encephalopathy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/

Etymology

From encephalo- + -pathy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various conditions affecting the brain.
   • Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Synonyms

encephalosis

Translations (23)

pl encefalopatia (condition affecting the brain) · ca encefalopatia (condition affecting the brain) · it encefalopatia (condition affecting the brain) · pt encefalopatia (condition affecting the brain) · nl encefalopathie (condition affecting the brain) · fr encéphalopathie (condition affecting the brain) · es encefalopatía (condition affecting the brain) · uk енцефалопатія (condition affecting the brain) · tr ensefalopati (condition affecting the brain) · kk ми дерті (condition affecting the brain) · ko 뇌질환 (condition affecting the brain) · fi aivosairaus (condition affecting the brain) · ja 脳症 (condition affecting the brain) · cmn 腦病 /脑病 (condition affecting the brain) · ka ენცეფალოპათია (condition affecting the brain) · ga einceifealapaite (condition affecting the brain) · el εγκεφαλοπάθεια (condition affecting the brain) · ro encefalopatie (condition affecting the brain) · hy էնցեֆալոպաթիա (condition affecting the brain) · la encephalopathia (condition affecting the brain) · ru энцефалопа́тия (condition affecting the brain) · sv encefalopati (condition affecting the brain) · de Enzephalopathie (condition affecting the brain)