Definition of CEPHALITIS

cephalitis

Noun

  • 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)
  • phrenitis
  • phrenitis
  • encephalitis

Origin / Etymology

From cephal- + -itis.

Scrabble Score: 17

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cephalitis: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

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