encephalitis
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlʌɪtɪs
/ /ɛnˌkɛfəˈlʌɪtɪs/noun [mass noun]
Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.Complications of systemic infection include pneumonia, encephalitis, and hepatitis....
- West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne disease that can cause encephalitis, a brain infection.
- Meningitis and encephalitis are infections of the brain and spinal cord usually caused by bacteria or viruses.
Derivatives
encephalitic
- Acyclovir seems to be the most promising treatment, since it has shown effectiveness in mucocutaneous, genital, and encephalitic HSV infections.
- Therefore, rabies patients, particularly the encephalitic type, should be isolated, sedated and allowed to die as peacefully as possible.
- Though the WNV encephalitis in horses is rare, a considerable mortality rate is reported in the case of encephalitic horses.
Rhymes
- Montreal Protocol
- Montreux
- montroseite
- Montrose, James Graham
- montroydite
- Montserrat
- Montserratian
- Mont St Michel
- montuna
- montuno
- monty
- Monty Pythonesque
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Montélimar
- monument
- monumental
- Monumental City
- monumentalise
- monumentalism
- monumentality
- monumentalization
- monumentalize
- monumentally
- monumental mason
- monumental masonry