cephalitis | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine) 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: | phrenitis encephalitis | |
Related terms: | inflammation acute_hemorrhagic_encephalitis cerebromeningitis equine_encephalitis acute_inclusion_body_encephalitis leukoencephalitis panencephalitis west_nile_encephalitis sleeping_sickness | |
Similar spelling: |
Cephalotus cephalothin Cephalotaxus |