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herpes encephalitis

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Noun1.herpes encephalitisherpes encephalitis - common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis
cephalitis, encephalitis, phrenitis - 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)


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