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nouninflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use)
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inflammation redness encephalitis cephalitis rubor encephalitis lethargica encephalomeningitis epidemic encephalitis equine encephalitis equine encephalomyelitis herpes encephalitis herpes simplex encephalitis lethargic encephalitis leukoencephalitis meningoencephalitis panencephalitis sleeping sickness sleepy sickness acute hemorrhagic encephalitis west nile encephalitis acute inclusion body encephalitis cerebromeningitis