单词	encephalopathy
释义	encephalopathy /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɒpəθi / /ɛnˌkɛfəˈlɒpəθi/ 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... Both mad-cow and mad-deer disease are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, in which brain proteins called prions deform, forcing other brain cells to degenerate along with them. Prions are special proteins believed to be the infectious agents responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, a group of rare, fatal disorders that slowly destroy the brain and nervous system. Hepatic encephalopathy occurs in patients with portal hypertension and cirrhosis. Rhymes homeopathy, osteopathy
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