brain fever
brain fever · brain fevers
Encephalitis or meningitisEncephalitis or meningitis
» No information could be got from the lady herself, who was temporarily insane from an acute attack of brain-fever.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, dated, uncountable)Encephalitis or meningitis
meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal
(countable, dated, uncountable)A state of hysteria or temporary insanity caused by an emotional shock.
Examples
1 sentencesNo information could be got from the lady herself, who was temporarily insane from an acute attack of brain-fever.
Forms
plural: brain feversSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal:cerebrospinal meningitisepidemic meningitiscerebrospinal fever
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedbrain-fever bird
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable