encephalopathy
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/
encephalopathy noun: any of various conditions affecting the brain.
Noun
encephalopathy (countable and uncountable, plural encephalopathies)
- Any of various conditions affecting the brain.
- Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- encephalosis
encephalopathy meaning in Tamil and Bengali
encephalopathy in Tamil
- மூளை வீக்கம், மூளைநலிவு, மூளைநோய்
encephalopathy in Bengali
- এনসেফালোপ্যাথি
Synonyms of encephalopathy
Forms of encephalopathy
| plural | encephalopathies |
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Origin of encephalopathy
From encephalo- + -pathy.
Words formed from encephalopathy
- alcoholic encephalopathy
- bilirubinencephalopathy
- bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- encephalopathic
- Hashimoto's encephalopathy
- hepatoencephalopathy
- leucoencephalopathy
- meningoencephalopathy
- myeloencephalopathy
- transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
- Wernicke's encephalopathy
Questions about encephalopathy
- What does encephalopathy mean?
- Encephalopathy means any of various conditions affecting the brain.
- What is encephalopathy in Tamil?
- Encephalopathy in Tamil is மூளை வீக்கம், மூளைநலிவு, மூளைநோய். See Encephalopathy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is encephalopathy?
- Encephalopathy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce encephalopathy?
- Encephalopathy is pronounced /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi/.
- What is the plural of encephalopathy?
- The plural of encephalopathy is encephalopathies.
Words near encephalopathy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: encephalopathy (page history and authors); encephalopathy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); encephalopathy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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