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Webster 1913 Edition
Phrenitis
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Phre-ni′tis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
φρενῖτις
, fr. φρήν
, φρενός
.] 1.
(Med.)
Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; – called also
cephalitis
. 2.
See
Frenzy
. Webster 1828 Edition
Phrenitis
PHREN'ITIS
,Noun.
1.
In medicine, an inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium.2.
Madness, or partial madness; delirium; phrenzy. [It is generally written in English, phrensy or frenzy.Definition 2024
phrenitis
phrenitis
English
Noun
phrenitis (plural phrenitides)
- (historical, medicine) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p.140:
- Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word φρήν, is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p.140: