Encephalitis

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  • noun. Inflammation of the brain.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pathology, inflammation of the brain.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Inflammation of the brain.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An Inflammation of the brain.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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)
  • Word Usage
    "For somebody who develops a severe, debilitating disease, such as encephalitis, which is a swelling and infection of the brain, that usually requires more supportive measures within a hospital."
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