Encephalopathy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  encephalopathy
       n : any disorder or disease of the brain [syn: {brain disorder},
            {brain disease}]