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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
2. 2
   a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bosin's diseasedawson diseasedawson's encephalitisinclusion body encephalitismeaslessclerosing leukoencephalitis

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