Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Phrenitis \Phre*ni"tis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n,
freno`s.]
1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of
the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; --
called also cephalitis.
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2. See Frenzy.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cephalitis \Ceph`a*li"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head +
-itis.] (Med.)
Same as Phrenitis.
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cephalitis
n 1: 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) [syn: encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis]