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Phrenitis

Phrenitis Meaning & Definition
Phrenitis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Phrenitis?

[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 Phrenitis: cephalitis | encephalitis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Phrenitis:

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

Phrenitis In Webster's Dictionary

\Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?.] 1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also {cephalitis}. 2. See {Frenzy}.

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