different between phrenitis vs encephalitis

phrenitis

English

Etymology

From Latin phren?tis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (phrenîtis), from ???? (phr?n, mind).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /f???n??t?s/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /f???na?t?s/, [f???na???s]

Noun

phrenitis (countable and uncountable, plural phrenitides)

  1. (historical, medicine) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis.
    • , Book I, New York 2001, p.140:
      Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word ????, is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage […].

Anagrams

  • Pinterish, inspireth, nephritis

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encephalitis

English

Etymology

From encephal- +? -itis.

Noun

encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)

  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

Synonyms

  • cephalitis
  • phrenitis

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • meningitis
  • sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis)

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  • what causes encephalitis lethargica
  • what does encephalitis do to the brain
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