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encephalitis
noun(en-ceph-a-li-tis)
inflammation of the brain that is caused especially by infection with a virus (such as herpes simplex or West Nile virus) or less commonly by bacterial or fungal infection or autoimmune reaction
encephalitis
noun(en-ceph-a-li-tis)
any of three virus diseases chiefly of equines and humans in various parts of North and South America that are transmitted especially by mosquitoes, are characterized in humans by flu-like symptoms which often progress to encephalitis and sometimes to coma and death, and are caused by three togaviruses (species Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, and Western equine encephalitis virus of the genus Alphavirus)
encephalitis
noun(en-ceph-a-li-tis)
a severe form of Powassan virus marked especially by encephalitis
encephalitis
noun(en-ceph-a-li-tis)
a North American encephalitis that is caused by a flavivirus (species St. Louis encephalitis virus of the genus Flavivirus) transmitted by several culex mosquitoes
encephalitis
noun(en-ceph-a-li-tis)
a severe form of West Nile virus marked by encephalitis

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