encephalitis

Noun
Synonyms: cephalitisphrenitis

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. 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)Synonyms: cephalitisphrenitis
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Encephalitis \En*ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a. [1913 Webster]
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