Noun
phrenitis -
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)
encephalitis ,
cephalitis
rubor ,
redness ,
inflammation arousal to violent emotion
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