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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.