encephalitis

Meanings

Plural: encephalitides

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)
Inflammation of the brain.

Origin / Etymology

From encephal- + -itis.

Synonyms

cephalitis, phrenitis

Scrabble Score: 19

encephalitis is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
encephalitis is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
encephalitis is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

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