Periencephalitis
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Inflammation of the cerebral membranes, particularly leptomeningitis or inflammation of the pia mater. uncountable
"Idiopathic non-septic periencephalitis may be produced by profound grief, protracted anxiety, especially when accompanied by great overwork, partial starvation combined with the gnawing anxiety of deep poverty, and also, it is affirmed, by sunstroke."
Example
More examples"Idiopathic non-septic periencephalitis may be produced by profound grief, protracted anxiety, especially when accompanied by great overwork, partial starvation combined with the gnawing anxiety of deep poverty, and also, it is affirmed, by sunstroke."
Etymology
From peri- + encephalitis.
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