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Defenition of the word encephalitis

    • Defenition of the word encephalitis

      • Inflammation of the brain due to infection, autoimmune processes, toxins, and other conditions; viral infections are a relatively frequent cause of this condition.
      • inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever
      • 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)
      • 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)

    Hyponyms for the word encephalitis

      • acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
      • acute inclusion body encephalitis
      • cerebromeningitis
      • encephalitis lethargica
      • encephalomeningitis
      • epidemic encephalitis
      • equine encephalitis
      • equine encephalomyelitis
      • herpes encephalitis
      • herpes simplex encephalitis
      • lethargic encephalitis
      • leukoencephalitis
      • meningoencephalitis
      • panencephalitis
      • sleeping sickness
      • sleepy sickness
      • West Nile encephalitis

    Hypernyms for the word encephalitis

      • flush
      • inflammation
      • redness
      • rubor

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