encephalopathy

encephalopathy

English

Etymology

From encephalo- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/

Noun

encephalopathy (countable and uncountable, plural encephalopathies)

1. (pathology, neurology) Any of various conditions affecting the brain.

Derived terms

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• Hashimoto's encephalopathy
• hepatoencephalopathy
• transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
• Wernicke's encephalopathy

Translations

condition affecting the brain

Catalan: encefalopatia f Chinese: Mandarin: 腦病 (zh), 脑病 (zh) (naobing) Dutch: encefalopathie (nl) Finnish: aivosairaus (fi) French: encéphalopathie (fr) German: Enzephalopathie f Greek: εγκεφαλοπάθεια (el) f (egkefalopátheia) Irish: einceifealapaite f Italian: encefalopatia (it) f

Japanese: 脳症 (のうしょう, nōshō) Korean: 뇌질환 (noejirhwan) Latin: encephalopathia f Polish: encefalopatia (pl) Portuguese: encefalopatia (pt) f Romanian: encefalopatie (ro) f Russian: энцефалопа́тия (ru) f (encefalopátija) Spanish: encefalopatía f Swedish: encefalopati (sv) c