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encephalopathic

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of encephalopathia, or disease of the brain.

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Examples

  • Worse yet, he quickly became encephalopathic, meaning he was confused and disoriented because his liver was unable to filter out toxins before they reached his brain.

    Meet Our Patients: Jacob Jowett 2010

  • Could she have been encephalopathic from the tooth abscess and then impulsively taken something down?

    CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2009 2009

  • I call up the GI doc at 2AM for an uninsured encephalopathic liver failure patient with melena, and I'm going to get an earful. 100% of the time.

    Insufferable Twits and "Shitty Consults" 1 Dinosaur 2009

  • And so it was on one particularly busy Monday, when I received at least a half-dozen patients, including a hypotensive febrile encephalopathic young man who had been rejected by the MICU.

    How Do You Sleep at Night? 2008

  • And so it was on one particularly busy Monday, when I received at least a half-dozen patients, including a hypotensive febrile encephalopathic young man who had been rejected by the MICU.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • Then I overheard that my encephalopathic patient was refusing the LP, the LP I'd consented her for, and night float was thinking about starting empiric IV antibiotics.

    Hand off problems or lack of personal responsibility by physician james gaulte 2007

  • The marked accumulation of lead in the central nervous system of the fetus explains the frequency and serious character of saturnine encephalopathic lesions.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The marked accumulation of lead in the central nervous system of the fetus explains the frequency and serious character of saturnine encephalopathic lesions.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • They have taken the sword of common sense to the great bloated encephalopathic sacred cow of elf and safety.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson said: "They have taken the sword of common sense to the great bloated encephalopathic sacred cow of 'elf and safety."

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

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