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epidemic encephalitis
epidemic encephalitis n (Pathology) pathol a technical name for sleeping sickness2 Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  epidemic encephalitis - an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weaknessencephalitis lethargica, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sicknesscephalitis, 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) |
epidemic encephalitis
epidemic encephalitis[¦ep·ə¦dem·ik in‚sef·ə′līd·əs] (medicine) encephalitis lethargica epidemic encephalitis
ep·i·dem·ic en·ceph·a·li·tisa viral encephalitis occurring epidemically, such as in Japanese B encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and lethargic encephalitis.ep·i·dem·ic en·ceph·a·li·tis (ep-i-demik en-sef-ă-lītis) Viral form occurring epidemically, such as in Japanese B encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, and lethargic encephalitis. epidemic encephalitisAny form of encephalitis that occurs as an epidemic. See also: encephalitisepidemic encephalitis
Related to epidemic encephalitis: encephaliticSynonyms for epidemic encephalitisnoun an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926Synonyms- encephalitis lethargica
- lethargic encephalitis
- sleeping sickness
- sleepy sickness
Related Words- cephalitis
- encephalitis
- phrenitis
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