A disease or abnormal condition affecting the brain or its function.
From cerebro- (brain) and -osis (a medical suffix indicating disease or condition), combining Latin cerebrum with Greek pathological terminology. This general medical term was used broadly in older medical literature.
Cerebrosis is a catch-all term that doctors used when they didn't quite know what was wrong with someone's brain—it's vague medical language that fell out of favor as neurology became more specific.
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