Inflammation+of+the+brain

  • 131phrenitis — noun /fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs,fɹəˈnaɪdəs/ Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis. Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word , is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage [...] …

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  • 132meningoencephalitis — n. inflammation of the brain and its membranous coverings (the meninges) caused by bacterial, viral, or fungal infection. The disease may also involve the spinal cord, producing myelitis with paralysis of both legs, sometimes called… …

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