Encephalitis

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created by Webster 1913

(thing) by Blinky (5 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Nov 27 2000 at 22:15:27

Inflammation of the brain, usually caused by a virus and is commonly transferred by the mosquito. Encephalitis may be very mild and barely noticeable, but is usually serious and can progress from headache and fever to hallucinations, paralysis, and sometimes coma.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:22:43

En*ceph`a*li"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. the brain + -itis.] Med.

Inflammation of the brain.

-- En`ceph*a*lit"ic (#), a.

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Meningitis	Schrödinger's grep	Reye's syndrome	West Nile virus
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