An abnormal growth, swelling, or localized inflammation of brain tissue.
From Greek enkephalos (brain) + phyma (growth, swelling, pustule). The suffix -phyma, related to 'phyme,' describes any kind of abnormal growth or inflammatory swelling.
Encephalophyma is one of those Greek medical terms that sounds like a disease but is actually just a fancy way of saying 'brain swelling'—doctors use these terms partly because they're precise and partly because they sound scientific.
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