Meaning of CEPHALITIS
| Pronunciation: | | `sefu'lItis
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[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) |
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CEPHALITIS is a 10 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | encephalitis, phrenitis |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? head + -itis.]
(Med.)
Same as {Phrenitis}.
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