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脑病

腦病
nǎobìng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 encephalopathy
  2. 2 brain disease

Examples

肝功能衰竭可能引起肝性脑病。
Gān gōngnéng shuāijié kěnéng yǐnqǐ gānxìng nǎobìng.
Liver failure can cause hepatic encephalopathy.
缺氧性脑病对新生儿威胁很大。
Quēyǎngxìng nǎobìng duì xīnshēng'ér wēixié hěn dà.
Hypoxic encephalopathy is a major threat to newborns.

Tips

usage
脑病 is an umbrella term — the cause gets prefixed: 肝性 (hepatic), 缺氧性 (hypoxic), 高血压 (hypertensive), 代谢性 (metabolic). Distinct from 脑炎 (nǎoyán, encephalitis — specifically inflammation) and 脑梗 (stroke).

Stroke Order

脑 nǎo
病 bìng