encephalopathy

[William A Hupy]

A timely word, given the possibility of Neurological damage from covid. It is 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).

Composed of “encephalo”, in the head; and “pathos”, suffering.

Used in a sentence: the fearless leaders subjects finally accepted the fact that the encephalopathy preceded his recent viral infection.

[Slava]

Rummaging about on the internot, I came across acephalos, without a head. Not merely literally, but also meaning lacking a leader.