Associations to the word «Encephalitis»

Wiktionary

ENCEPHALITIS, noun. (pathology) An Inflammation of the brain.
ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA, noun. Sleepy sickness

Dictionary definition

ENCEPHALITIS, 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).

Wise words

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