encephalitis

en·ceph·a·li·tis

 (ĕn-sĕf′ə-lī′tĭs)

n.

Inflammation of the brain.

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en·ceph′a·lit′ic (-lĭt′ĭk) adj.

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encephalitis

(ˌɛnsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs; ˌɛnkɛf-)

n

(Pathology) inflammation of the brain

Also called: cephalitis

encephalitic adj

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en•ceph•a•li•tis

(ɛnˌsɛf əˈlaɪ tɪs)

n.

1. inflammation of the substance of the brain.

2. sleeping sickness (def. 2).

[1835–45]

en•ceph`a•lit′ic (-ˈlɪt ɪk) adj.

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en·ceph·a·li·tis

(ĕn-sĕf′ə-lī′tĭs)

Inflammation of the brain, usually caused by infection with a virus.

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encephalitis

an inflamed condition of the brain.

See also: Brain

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encephalitis

An infection of the brain with severe symptoms, caused by a virus.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

encephalitis - inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus; symptoms include headache and neck pain and drowsiness and nausea and fever (`phrenitis' is no longer in scientific use) cephalitis, phrenitis inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat acute hemorrhagic encephalitis - encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis - encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis - common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes leukoencephalitis - inflammation of the white matter of the brain cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis - inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges panencephalitis - diffuse inflammation of the entire brain encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness - an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness West Nile encephalitis - encephalitis caused by the West Nile virus; can be fatal in humans and horses and birds

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Translations

encefalitida

EnzephalitisGehirnentzündung

encéphalite

heilabólga

encefalite

encephalitis

[ˌensefəˈlaɪtɪs] N → encefalitis f

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encephalitis

n → Gehirnentzündung f

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encephalitis

[ˌɛnsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs] n → encefalite f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

en·ceph·a·li·tis

n. encefalitis, infl. del encéfalo;

acute hemorrhagic ___ → ___ aguda hemorrágica;

acute necrotizing ___ → ___ aguda necrotizante;

bacterial ___ → ___ bacteriana;

epidemic ___ → ___ epidémica;

experimental allergic ___ → ___ experimental alérgica;

herpes ___ → ___ herpética;

lethargic ___ → ___ letárgica;

neonatorum ___ → ___ del recién nacido;

purulent ___ → ___ purulenta;

pyogenic ___ → ___ piogénica;

suppurative ___ → ___ supurativa.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

encephalitis

n encefalitis f; eastern equine — encefalitis equina del este, encefalitis equina oriental (Esp); Venezuelan equine — encefalitis equina venezolana

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