encephalitis
encephalitis · encephalitides
энцефалит
Enzephalitis, Gehirnentzündung
Inflammation of the brainInflammation of the brain.
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/
» Causes of epilepsy include injury around the time of birth, brain infections from illnesses such meningitis or encephalitis and stroke.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Inflammation of the brain.
Enzephalitis, Gehirnentzündung
энцефали́тencefalít
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)
Examples
1 sentencesCauses of epilepsy include injury around the time of birth, brain infections from illnesses such meningitis or encephalitis and stroke.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
inflammation of the brain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
inflammation of the brain:
Origin
From encephal- + -itis.From encephal- + -itis.
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Forms
plural: encephalitides| Singular | encephalitis |
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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):cephalitisphrenitis
Word family
17 related wordsRelatedsleeping sickness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable