Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults;
death usually occurs within three years;
characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years;
[syn: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, SSPE, inclusion body encephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, Van Bogaert encephalitis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Van Bogaert encephalitis
n 1: a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the
measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young
adults; death usually occurs within three years;
characterized by primary measles infection before the age
of two years [syn: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis,
SSPE, inclusion body encephalitis, subacute inclusion
body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis,
subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, Bosin's disease,
Dawson's encephalitis, Van Bogaert encephalitis]