encephaliticadj.
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɪtɪk/, /ɛnˌkɛfəˈlɪtɪk/, /ɛŋˌkɛfəˈlɪtɪk/, /ˌɛnsɛfəˈlɪtɪk/, /ˌɛnkɛfəˈlɪtɪk/, /ˌɛŋkɛfəˈlɪtɪk/, U.S. /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlɪdɪk/, /ᵻnˌsɛfəˈlɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to encephalitis; caused by or associated with encephalitis; of the nature of encephalitis.
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1832 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 21 Nov. 230 The cause of the first [kind of fever] was found in inflammation of the brain, and went by the name of encephalitic.
1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 717 This encephalitic softening is generally red in color.
1934 Lancet 3 Mar. 457/1 The histology of certain groups of these cases bears a strong resemblance to that found in the post-viral encephalitic complications now under discussion.
1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xxiv. 408 Paralysis or encephalitic symptoms may appear after a few hours (paralytic poliomyelitis).
1968 Brain 91 314 Both authors stress the lack of mental clouding or other clinical or frank laboratory evidence of an encephalitic process.
2006 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Oct. 893/1 Measles is associated with three distinct encephalitic diseases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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