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encephalitis

/ɛn,sɛfə'laɪtɪs/

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noun
inflammation 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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Similar:

cephalitis phrenitis

type of:
inflammation redness rubor

Definition that contains encephalitis

equine encephalomyelitis encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
west nile encephalitis encephalitis caused by the West Nile virus; can be fatal in humans and horses and birds
acute hemorrhagic encephalitis encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation
equine encephalitis encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse