Encephalitogen
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any substance that causes encephalitis.
"At the time, there was much controversy over whether brain homogenate contained one or multiple encephalitogens, and over which of the partially purified mixtures prepared with the limited methods available was the relevant encephalitogen."
Example
More examples"At the time, there was much controversy over whether brain homogenate contained one or multiple encephalitogens, and over which of the partially purified mixtures prepared with the limited methods available was the relevant encephalitogen."
Etymology
From encephalitis + -o- + -gen.
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