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/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/
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/ɛnˌkɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/
Noun
Inflammation of the brain.
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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)
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