phrenesis

noun — 2 senses

phrenesis

noun

Etymology From Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”). Doublet of frenzy.

1

Medicine, Sciences Obsolete phrenitis

2

madness, frenzy

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