'Encephalitis' definitions:

Definition of 'encephalitis'

From: WordNet
noun
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]

Definition of 'Encephalitis'

From: GCIDE
  • Encephalitis \En*ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'egke`falos the brain + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain. -- {En`ceph*a*lit"ic}, a. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'encephalitis'

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