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Meningoencephalitis

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

n. Inflammation of the brain and meninges.

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n. inflammation of the brain and the meninges

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n. inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges

Word Usage

"In what scientists say might be the first case of its kind, a new report details the story of a 62-year-old man in New York state who died last year of meningoencephalitis, apparently after being bitten by a deer tick infected with deer tick virus."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cephalitis meningitis phrenitis encephalitis