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Encephalitis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Inflammation of the brain.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An Inflammation of the brain.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Inflammation of the brain.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In pathology, inflammation of the brain.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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)

Word Usage

"For somebody who develops a severe, debilitating disease, such as encephalitis, which is a swelling and infection of the brain, that usually requires more supportive measures within a hospital."

Cross Reference

meningitis

Variant

encephalitides

Form

encephalitic Japanese encephalitis

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cephalitis phrenitis

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Titus Unitas arthritis bronchitis detritus gastritis hepatitis laryngitis mastoiditis meningitis

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

hepatitis typhoid influenza encephalopathy measles polio septicemia erysipelas dengue pericarditis