What is "cephalitis" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does cephalitis mean in English? Meaning of cephalitis definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "cephalitis" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "cephalitis": 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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  • Meaning: 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 encephalitis phrenitis
  • Hyponyms: acute hemorrhagic encephalitis acute inclusion body encephalitis cerebromeningitis encephalitis lethargica encephalomeningitis epidemic encephalitis equine encephalitis equine encephalomyelitis herpes encephalitis herpes simplex encephalitis lethargic encephalitis leukoencephalitis meningoencephalitis panencephalitis sleeping sickness sleepy sickness west nile encephalitis
  • Hypernyms: inflammation redness rubor
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