Path. [f. Gr. ἐγκέφαλο-ς brain + πάθεια, f. πάθος suffering.] Disease of the brain in general. Hence Encephalopathic a., pertaining to encephalopathy.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 767. Saturnine Encephalopathy.
1876. trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 585. Polyuria had occurred in consequence of violent encephalopathies.
1866. A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 767. Other manifestations of lead-poisoning … may … precede the encephalopathic attack.
