Usually means: Brain dysfunction due to disease.
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  1. encephalopathy: Merriam-Webster
  2. encephalopathy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. encephalopathy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. encephalopathy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. encephalopathy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Encephalopathy, encephalopathy: Wordnik
  7. encephalopathy: Wiktionary
  8. encephalopathy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. encephalopathy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. encephalopathy: Dictionary.com
  11. Encephalopathy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Encephalopathy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. encephalopathy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. encephalopathy: Rhymezone
  15. Encephalopathy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. encephalopathy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. encephalopathy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. encephalopathy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. encephalopathy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. encephalopathy: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Encephalopathy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Encephalopathy: Merck Manuals
  5. Encephalopathy: MedFriendly Glossary
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  10. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  11. encephalopathy: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. Disorder Index (No longer online)
  13. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  14. encephalopathy: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  15. Base Autisme (No longer online)
  16. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  17. encephalopathy: Medical dictionary
  18. Encephalopathy: Drug Medical Dictionary
  19. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (encephalopathy)

▸ noun:  (pathology, neurology) Any of various conditions affecting the brain.

Similar:
encephaloneuropathy, encephalology, encephaloma, encephalon, encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy, encephalogram, epileptogenesis, encephalophagy, neuroinfection, encephalophone, more...

Opposite:
nonepileptic, non-neurological, non-brain disorder

Types:
Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, more...

Phrases:
Hepatic encephalopathy, spongiform encephalopathy, Hypertensive encephalopathy, ischemic encephalopathy, metabolic encephalopathy, more...

Adjectives:
hepatic, hypertensive, acute, chronic, progressive, ischemic, toxic, systemic, severe, hypoxic, uremic

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Similar:
encephaloneuropathy, encephalology, encephaloma, encephalon, encephalomyeloradiculoneuropathy, encephalogram, epileptogenesis, encephalophagy, neuroinfection, encephalophone, more...

Opposite:
nonepileptic, non-neurological, non-brain disorder

Types:
Alzheimer's disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, more...

Phrases:
Hepatic encephalopathy, spongiform encephalopathy, Hypertensive encephalopathy, ischemic encephalopathy, metabolic encephalopathy, lead encephalopathy, Toxic encephalopathy, hiv encephalopathy, more...

Adjectives:
hepatic, hypertensive, acute, chronic, progressive, ischemic, toxic, systemic, severe, hypoxic, uremic

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