Encephalopathy

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(Med.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

Noun

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encephalopathy - any disorder or disease of the brain Synonyms: brain disease, brain disorder

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