cephalitis

3 definitions found

cephalitis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phrenitis \Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n,
     freno`s.]
     1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
        the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
        called also cephalitis.
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     2. See Frenzy.
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  Cephalitis \Ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head +
     -itis.] (Med.)
     Same as Phrenitis.
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cephalitis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cephalitis
      n 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) [syn: encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis]