cephalitis
PhrenitisPhrenitis
Meaning
2 senses(archaic, uncountable)Phrenitis
Phrenitis
(archaic, uncountable)Encephalitis
More definitions
- 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)
Origin
From cephal- + -itis.From cephal- + -itis.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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):encephalitisphrenitis
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable