'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adenoiditis,
- adrenitis,
- appendicitis,
- arteritis,
- arthritis deformans,
- arthritis fungosa,
- arthritis pauperum,
- atrophic arthritis,
- atrophic inflammation,
- blennorrhagic arthritis,
- brain fever,
- bronchitis,
- bunion,
- bursitis,
- capillaritis,
- carditis,
- catarrh,
- catarrhal inflammation,
- cerebellitis,
- cerebral meningitis,
- cerebritis,
- cerebrospinal meningitis,
- chronic infectious arthritis,
- chronic inflammation,
- cirrhotic inflammation,
- climactic arthritis,
- clitoritis,
- colitis,
- collagen disease,
- conjunctivitis,
- cystitis,
- degenerative arthritis,
- diffuse inflammation,
- endocarditis,
- enteritis,
- equine encephalomyelitis,
- exudative inflammation,
- fibroid inflammation,
- focal inflammation,
- gastritis,
- gingivitis,
- glossitis,
- gonococcal arthritis,
- gonorrheal arthritis,
- gonorrheal rheumatism,
- gout,
- gouty arthritis,
- hemophilic arthritis,
- hepatitis,
- hyperplastic inflammation,
- hypertrophic arthritis,
- hypertrophic inflammation,
- infectional arthritis,
- infectious hepatitis,
- inflammation,
- irritable bowel syndrome,
- laryngitis,
- lumbago,
- lumbar rheumatism,
- mastoiditis,
- meningitis,
- menopausal arthritis,
- metastatic inflammation,
- metritis,
- milk leg,
- mucous colitis,
- mumps meningitis,
- myelitis,
- necrotic inflammation,
- nephritis,
- neuritis,
- obliterative inflammation,
- ophthalitis,
- ophthalmia,
- orchitis,
- osseous rheumatism,
- osteitis,
- osteoarthritis,
- osteomyelitis,
- otitis,
- ovaritis,
- paradental pyorrhea,
- penitis,
- pericarditis,
- periodontitis,
- peritonitis,
- pharyngitis,
- phlebitis,
- podagra,
- proliferative arthritis,
- prostatitis,
- pyonephritis,
- pyorrhea,
- pyorrhea alveolaris,
- reactive inflammation,
- rheumatism,
- rheumatiz,
- rheumatoid arthritis,
- rhinitis,
- sclerosing inflammation,
- seroplastic inflammation,
- serous inflammation,
- serum hepatitis,
- simple inflammation,
- sinusitis,
- spastic colon,
- specific inflammation,
- subacute rheumatism,
- suppurative arthritis,
- suppurative inflammation,
- syphilitic arthritis,
- tennis elbow,
- testitis,
- thrombophlebitis,
- tonsilitis,
- torticollis,
- toxic inflammation,
- traumatic inflammation,
- tuberculous arthritis,
- tuberculous rheumatism,
- ulcerative colitis,
- uratic arthritis,
- ureteritis,
- urethral arthritis,
- urethritis,
- uteritis,
- vaginitis,
- vertebral arthritis,
- visceral rheumatism,
- vulvitis,
- wryneck
Words containing 'Encephalitis'
- dawson's encephalitis,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- epidemic encephalitis,
- equine encephalitis,
- herpes encephalitis,
- lethargic encephalitis,
- acute hemorrhagic encephalitis,
- bovine spongiform encephalitis,
- herpes simplex encephalitis,
- inclusion body encephalitis,
- van bogaert encephalitis,
- west nile encephalitis,
- acute inclusion body encephalitis,
- subacute inclusion body encephalitis,
- west nile encephalitis virus