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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
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