"encephalitis" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat
subtypes:
- acute hemorrhagic encephalitis - encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasation
- equine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis - encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horse
- acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis - common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
- leukoencephalitis - inflammation of the white matter of the brain
- cerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis - inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meninges
- panencephalitis - diffuse inflammation of the entire brain
- encephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness - an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
- west nile encephalitis - encephalitis caused by the West Nile virus; can be fatal in humans and horses and birds
same as: cephalitis, phrenitis