subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
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subacute scle·ros·ing panencephalitis
(sklə-rō′sĭng)n.
An often fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system occurring chiefly in young people, caused by slow infection with a measles virus and characterized by progressive loss of mental and motor functions ending in dementia and paralysis.
[sclerosing, from sclerose, to harden, back-formation from sclerosed.]
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sub′acute scle•ros′ing pan′en•ceph•a•li′tis
(sklɪˈroʊ sɪŋ ˈpæn ɛnˌsɛf əˈlaɪ tɪs, ˌpæn-)n.
an infection of the central nervous system caused by the measles virus, occurring in children and adolescents several years after a measles attack and characterized by progressive personality changes, seizures, and muscular incoordination.
[1950]
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Noun | 1. | subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, SSPE, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, Van Bogaert encephalitis panencephalitis - diffuse inflammation of the entire brain |
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