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encephalopathy
[ en-sef-uh-lop-uh-thee ]
noun
, Psychiatry.
- any brain disease.
encephalopathy
/ ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθɪ /
encephalopathy
/ ĕn-sĕf′ə-lŏp′ə-thē /
- Degeneration of brain function, caused by any of various acquired disorders, including metabolic disease, organ failure, inflammation, and chronic infection.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of encephalopathy1
First recorded in 1865–70; encephalo- + -pathy
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Example Sentences
Of course the participants of the sport are at higher risk for the cumulative effects of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
From The Daily Beast
But in 1830, Tanqueril first definitely described the production of a mental disease, which he called “lead encephalopathy.”
From Project Gutenberg
This view would explain the absence of changes apparent to the eye found in so many of the fatal cases of lead encephalopathy.
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