sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Noun

Meaning

a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Bosin's disease Dawson's encephalitis inclusion body encephalitis SSPE subacute sclerosing panencephalitis van bogaert encephalitis subacute inclusion body encephalitis subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis

Hypernyms

panencephalitis

Close letter words and terms

scleroseptum scleroses sclerosing adenosis sclerosis scleroskeleton sclerosomatid