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Webster 1913 Edition
Encephalitis
En-cephˊa-li′tis
,Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
ἐγκέφαλοσ
the brain + -itis
.] (Med.)
Inflammation of the brain.
– Enˊceph-a-lit′ic
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, Adj.
Definition 2025
encephalitis
encephalitis
English
Noun
encephalitis (plural encephalitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the brain.
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See also
- meningitis
- sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis)
Translations
inflammation of the brain
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