Cephalitis

Introduction: Cephalitis

Description of Cephalitis

Cephalitis: 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).
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Cephalitis: Related Topics

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• Encephalitis (137 causes)

Terms associated with Cephalitis:

Terms Similar to Cephalitis:

• encephalitis
• phrenitis

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More specific terms for Cephalitis:

• acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
• equine encephalitis
• equine encephalomyelitis
• herpes simplex encephalitis
• herpes encephalitis
• acute inclusion body encephalitis
• leukoencephalitis
• meningoencephalitis
• cerebromeningitis
• encephalomeningitis
• panencephalitis
• sleeping sickness
• sleepy sickness
• epidemic encephalitis
• lethargic encephalitis
• encephalitis lethargica
• West Nile encephalitis

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Broader terms for Cephalitis

• inflammation
• redness
• rubor

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Hierarchical classifications of Cephalitis

The following list attempts to classify Cephalitis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• inflammation,redness,rubor
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

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