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Encephalitis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -itis

Encephalitis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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)

2

Inflammation of the brain.

See Also
inflammation panencephalitis postencephalitis rabies meningitis sleeping sickness encephalitides dumminess
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inflammation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
acute hemorrhagic encephalitis equine encephalitis herpes simplex encephalitis leukoencephalitis meningoencephalitis panencephalitis sleeping sickness West Nile encephalitis
Rhyming Words
tis utis itis otis batis bitis artis métis yetis metis cutis fetis ottis vitis satis mitis pitis mentis cystis iritis
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