ENCEPHALITIS
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
encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)
(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.
Synonyms
• cephalitis
• phrenitis
Source: Wiktionary
En*ceph`a*li"tis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.)
Definition: Inflammation of the brain.
– En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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