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Phrenitis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -itis

Phrenitis 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

Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis.

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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