encephalitis
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 cephalitis
Related terms: inflammation acute_hemorrhagic_encephalitis cerebromeningitis equine_encephalitis acute_inclusion_body_encephalitis leukoencephalitis panencephalitis west_nile_encephalitis sleeping_sickness
Similar spelling:   encephalartos
  enkephalin
  encephalon
  encephalogram
  encephalocele
  encephalopathy
  encephalography