Definitions for: Encephalitis


[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)



Webster (1913) Definition: En*ceph`a*li"tis, n. [NL., from Gr. ? the brain +
-itis.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic, a.

Synonyms: cephalitis, phrenitis

See Also: acute hemorrhagic encephalitis, acute inclusion body encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis, herpes encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis, inflammation, lethargic encephalitis, leukoencephalitis, panencephalitis, redness, rubor, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness

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