'Encephalopathy' definitions:
Definition of 'encephalopathy'
From: WordNet
noun
Any disorder or disease of the brain [syn: brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease]
Definition of 'Encephalopathy'
From: GCIDE
- Encephalopathy \En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy\, n. [Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + pa`schein, paqei^n, to suffer.] (Med.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning. [1913 Webster]