encephalopathy

English

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Etymology

From encephalo- + -pathy.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/

Noun

encephalopathy (plural encephalopathies)

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

Translations

condition affecting the brain

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腦病 (cmn), 脑病 (cmn) (naobing)

• Dutch: encefalopathie (nl)
• Finnish: aivosairaus (fi)
• French: encéphalopathie (fr)
• German: Enzephalopathie (de) f
• Greek: εγκεφαλοπάθεια (el) (egkefalopátheia) f 
• Italian: encefalopatia (it) f

• Japanese: 脳症 (ja) (のうしょう, nōshō)
• Korean: 뇌질환 (ko) (noejirhwan)
• Latin: encephalopathia (la) f
• Polish: encefalopatia (pl)
• Romanian: encefalopatie (ro) f
• Russian: энцефалопатия (ru) (encefalopátija) f 
• Spanish: encefalopatía (es) f
• Swedish: encefalopati (sv) c

Derived terms

• bovine spongiform encephalopathy
• transmissible spongiform encephalopathy