plural of encephalopathy

(pathology, neurology) Any of various conditions affecting the brain.

(medicine, pathology) The presence of neurological symptoms — classically, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and confusion — caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves, in particular thiamine.

Synonym of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

plural of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

plural of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

(medicine, neurology) A fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which is transmissible to humans through misshaped prion proteins, caused by eating infected tissues.

(medicine, neurology) Any fatal, incurable degenerative disease of the brain transmitted by prions.

(pathology, neurology) a form of traumatic brain injury; it is a progressive degenerative disease found in individuals who have been subjected to multiple concussions and other forms of head injury