encephalopathyn.
/ɛnsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/ Pathology.
Disease of the brain in general.
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encephalopathy1876
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 585 Polyuria had occurred in consequence of violent encephalopathies.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 767 Saturnine Encephalopathy.
Derivatives
encephaloˈpathic adj. pertaining to encephalopathy.
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encephalopathic1881
myelinolytic1961
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 767 Other manifestations of lead-poisoning..may..precede the encephalopathic attack.
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