encephalitis

noun

encephalitis

noun

/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/ · /ɛnˌkɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/

Etymology From encephal- + -itis.

1

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Inflammation of the brain.

Synonyms
cephalitis, phrenitis
Derived terms
29 termsAustralian encephalitis, autoencephalitis, cerebroencephalitis, Cree encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, encephalitic, encephalitis lethargica, encephalitogen, encephalitogenous, granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, herpesencephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, leucoencephalitis, leukoencephalitis, meningoencephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis, myeloencephalitis, panencephalitis, periencephalitis, polioencephalitis, postencephalitis, Powassan encephalitis, Russian encephalitis, Russian spring-summer encephalitis, Russian spring–summer encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, ventriculoencephalitis, West Nile encephalitis
Related terms
meningitis, sleeping sickness

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.