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／脑病 (zh) (nǎobìng), 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
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• 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