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Encephalitis   /ɛnsˌɛfəlˈaɪtəs/   Listen
Encephalitis

noun
(pl. encephalitides)
1.
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).  Synonyms: cephalitis, phrenitis.



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"Encephalitis" Quotes from Famous Books



... of inward labour, which I cannot compare to anything better than a violent attack of encephalitis, during which all my other functions of life were suspended. With a certain amount of Hebraic pedantry, I called this crisis in my life Naphtali,[1] and I often repeated to myself the Hebrew saying: "Napktoule elohim niphtali (I have fought the fight of God)." My ...
— Recollections of My Youth • Ernest Renan



Words linked to "Encephalitis" :   rubor, equine encephalomyelitis, sleepy sickness, encephalitis lethargica, cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, inflammation, sleeping sickness, redness



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