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encephalitis Definition

en·cepha·li·tis (en sef′ə lītis, en′sef-)

noun

inflammation of the brain

Etymology: encephal(o)- + -itis

encephalitis Related Forms

en·ceph′a·litic (-litik) adjective

encephalitis Usage Examples

Converse of subject

affect: What is the best standard of care for patients affected by encephalitis?

Converse of object

  • bear: Visitors to forested areas should seek medical advice about immunization against tick borne encephalitis.
  • cause: In the normal brain, herpes simplex virus can cause encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain which is potentially fatal.
  • contract: Respondents were given a list of 23 problems potentially experienced by people who have contracted encephalitis.
  • follow: Keep your stress levels down A common concern following encephalitis is an apparent return of symptoms.
  • develop: The risk of developing vaccine-related encephalitis is extremely small in comparison to the health risks associated with the diseases that vaccines prevent.
  • have: Finally, the doctors told me I had encephalitis.

Adjective modifier

  • tick-borne: Other risks: Tick-borne encephalitis is present in forested areas.
  • viral: More critical was the fever from the viral encephalitis raging in her brain.
  • equine: They are Western, Eastern and Venezuelan equine encephalitis, or WEE, EEE and VEE respectively.
  • simplex: Her doctor, Dr. Green, diagnosed herpes simplex encephalitis.
  • Japanese: Japanese encephalitis - rural areas only; assume year round transmission.
  • acute: In two patients from southern Viet Nam, the clinical diagnosis was acute encephalitis; neither patient had respiratory symptoms at presentation.

Modifies a noun

  • lethargica: The Sophie Cameron Trust's Research Program One of the aims of the Sophie Cameron Trust is to promote research into encephalitis lethargica.
  • vaccine: It can take up to four weeks, for instance, for full immunity to develop following Japanese encephalitis vaccine.
  • virus: Birds are the common hosts for several of the various encephalitis viruses.

Noun used with modifier

  • simplex: The doctors told us Lauren was suffering from herpes simplex encephalitis.
  • herpes: The doctors told us Lauren was suffering from herpes simplex encephalitis.
  • virus: We describe the memory functioning of a professional musician who became amnesic following herpes simplex virus encephalitis in 1985.
  • rabies: Rabies encephalitis has virtually a 100 % mortality, only 6 people worldwide are recorded as having survived episodes.