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UKEncephalitis
/ɛnsˌɛfɐlˈaɪtɪs/
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈɫaɪtəs/Encephalitis
[NOUN]1
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)
Examples
1. Worst case presentations include encephalitis, blindness, and death.
2. The doctors diagnosed acute encephalitis.
3. Dr. Sebastian Lopez Chiriboga: Encephalitis means brain inflammation.
4. Japanese encephalitis vaccine that is available inside China
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