Definition of Encephalitis

1. 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).

Exact synonyms: Cephalitis, Phrenitis
Generic synonyms: Inflammation, Redness, Rubor
Specialized synonyms: Acute Hemorrhagic Encephalitis, Equine Encephalitis, Equine Encephalomyelitis, Acute Inclusion Body Encephalitis, Herpes Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, Leukoencephalitis, Cerebromeningitis, Encephalomeningitis, Meningoencephalitis, Panencephalitis, Encephalitis Lethargica, Epidemic Encephalitis, Lethargic Encephalitis, Sleeping Sickness, Sleepy Sickness, West Nile Encephalitis

Definition of Encephalitis

1. n. Inflammation of the brain.

Definition of Encephalitis

1. Noun. (pathology) An Inflammation of the brain. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Encephalitis

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Medical Definition of Encephalitis

1. Inflammation of the brain. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encephalitis

encephalalgia
encephalartos
encephalatrophic
encephalatrophy
encephalauxe
encephale isole
encephalectomies
encephalectomy
encephalic
encephalic vesicle
encephalin
encephalins
encephalithogenic protein
encephalitic
encephalitides
encephalitis (current term)
encephalitis haemorrhagica
encephalitis japonica
encephalitis lethargica
encephalitis neonatorum
encephalitis periaxialis
encephalitis periaxialis concentrica
encephalitis periaxialis diffusa
encephalitis pyogenica
encephalitis virus
encephalitis viruses
encephalitogen
encephalitogenic
encephalitogens

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