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Cephalitis

Cephalitis Meaning & Definition
Cephalitis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cephalitis?

[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)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cephalitis: encephalitis | phrenitis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cephalitis:

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

Cephalitis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? head + -itis.] (Med.) Same as {Phrenitis}.

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