Encephalopathy (Noun)

Meaning

Any disorder or disease of the brain.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

• The patient was diagnosed with a rare form of encephalopathy that caused progressive memory loss and cognitive decline.
• The neurologist suspected that the patient's symptoms were caused by a metabolic encephalopathy related to her underlying liver disease.
• The new medication was designed to treat a specific type of encephalopathy that affects people with HIV.
• The athlete's encephalopathy was likely caused by repeated blows to the head during his football career.
• The researchers were studying the effects of environmental toxins on the development of encephalopathy in children.

Synonyms

• Brain Disease
• Brain Disorder

Hypernyms

• Nervous Disorder
• Neurological Disease

Hyponyms

• Acataphasia
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Agraphia
• Paralysis Agitans
• Epilepsy
• Wernicke's Encephalopathy
• Shaking Palsy
• Parkinson's
• Parkinson's Disease
• Agnosia
• Parkinson's Syndrome
• Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease
• Apraxia
• Reye's Syndrome
• Logagraphia
• Aphasia