Pronunciation: /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi, -ˌkɛf-/
noun (plural encephalopathies)
Medicine-
a disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood): a picture of how these encephalopathies are transmitted [mass noun]: patients with encephalopathy