CEPHALITIS

encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis

(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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cephalitis (uncountable)

(medicine) phrenitis

Source: Wiktionary


Ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.)

Definition: Same as Phrenitis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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30 January 2025

HYPERICISM

(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort


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