encephalitis

Noun

Meaning

Inflammation of the brain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

phrenitis cephalitis endocarditis encephalopathy colitis otitis brain cerebral inflammation hepatitis arthritis conjunctivitis meningitis neuritis cerebrum
Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

disease inflammation redness rubor

Hyponyms

meningoencephalitis sleeping sickness encephalitis lethargica sleepy sickness panencephalitis cerebromeningitis

Phrases with the word

Murray Valley encephalitis Australian encephalitis van bogaert encephalitis japanese encephalitis mosquito la crosse encephalitis meningo-encephalitis

Derivatives

encephalitides

Examples

After a serious case of viral encephalitis in 2000, doctors predicted that she would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair and would perhaps not even be able to speak again. Source: Internet

Consideration of a differential diagnosis is required when a patient presents with unexplained febrile illness, extreme headache, encephalitis or meningitis. Source: Internet

Doctors eventually found Kertisha was suffering from anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, wherein the body fights its own brain cells. Source: Internet

A person with measles encephalitis may become comatose, and death or brain injury may occur. Source: Internet

Individuals can exhibit upper body weakness, muscular pains, and tremors, though the cause of encephalitis lethargica is not currently known. Source: Internet

For example, Culiseta melanura sucks the blood of passerine birds for preference and such birds are typically the main reservoir of the Eastern equine encephalitis virus in North America. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

encephalitic encephalitic syndrome encephalitides encephalitis lethargica encephalitogen encephalitogenic