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Webster 1913 Edition

Encephalopathy

En-cephˊa-lop′a-thy

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ἐγκέφαλοσ

the brain +

πάσχειν

,

παθεῖν

, 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

.