Complications from measles such as pneumonia or encephalitis, a swelling of the brain, can be fatal or lead to permanent disability. That’s why doctors urge parents to get their children vaccinated.
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Encephalitis
//ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs//
Synonyms for "encephalitis" (136 found)
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cirrhotic inflammationclimactic arthritisclitoritiscolitiscollagen diseaseconjunctivitiscystitisdegenerative arthritisdiffuse inflammationendocarditisenteritisequine encephalomyelitisexudative inflammationfibroid inflammationfocal inflammationgastritisgingivitisglossitisgonococcal arthritisgonorrheal arthritis
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gonorrheal rheumatismgoutgouty arthritishemophilic arthritishepatitishyperplastic inflammationhypertrophic arthritishypertrophic inflammationinfectional arthritisinfectious hepatitisinflammationirritable bowel syndromelaryngitislumbagolumbar rheumatismmastoiditismeningitismenopausal arthritismetastatic inflammationmetritis
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milk legmucous colitismumps meningitismyelitisnecrotic inflammationnephritisneuritisobliterative inflammationophthalitisophthalmiaorchitisosseous rheumatismosteitisosteoarthritisosteomyelitisotitisovaritisparadental pyorrheapenitispericarditis
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periodontitisperitonitispharyngitisphlebitisphrenitispodagraproliferative arthritisprostatitispyonephritispyorrheapyorrhea alveolarisreactive inflammationrheumatismrheumatizrheumatoid arthritisrhinitissclerosing inflammationseroplastic inflammationserous inflammationserum hepatitissimple inflammationsinusitisspastic colonspecific inflammationsubacute rheumatismsuppurative arthritissuppurative inflammationsyphilitic arthritistennis elbowtestitisthrombophlebitistonsilitistorticollistoxic inflammationtraumatic inflammationtuberculous arthritistuberculous rheumatismulcerative colitisuratic arthritisureteritisurethral arthritisurethritisuteritisvaginitisvertebral arthritisvisceral rheumatismvulvitiswryneck
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29 entriesAustralian encephalitisCree encephalitisJapanese encephalitisMurray Valley encephalitisPowassan encephalitisRussian encephalitisRussian spring-summer encephalitisRussian spring–summer encephalitisVenezuelan equine encephalitisWest Nile encephalitisautoencephalitiscerebroencephalitiseastern equine encephalitisencephaliticencephalitis lethargicaencephalitogen
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37 translations across 30 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- էնցեֆալիտ noun (inflammation of the brain)
Bulgarian
1 entries- енцефалит noun (inflammation of the brain)
Catalan
1 entries- encefalitis noun (inflammation of the brain)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腦炎 /脑炎 noun (inflammation of the brain)
Czech
1 entries- encefalitida noun (inflammation of the brain)
Dutch
1 entries- hersenontsteking noun (inflammation of the brain)
Esperanto
1 entries- encefalito noun (inflammation of the brain)
Finnish
3 entries- aivokuume noun (inflammation of the brain)
- aivotulehdus noun (inflammation of the brain)
- enkefaliitti noun (inflammation of the brain)
French
1 entries- encéphalite noun (inflammation of the brain)
Galician
1 entries- encefalite noun (inflammation of the brain)
German
2 entries- Enzephalitis noun (inflammation of the brain)
- Gehirnentzündung noun (inflammation of the brain)
Greek
1 entries- εγκεφαλίτιδα noun (inflammation of the brain)
Hungarian
1 entries- agyvelőgyulladás noun (inflammation of the brain)
Icelandic
1 entries- heilabólga noun (inflammation of the brain)
Italian
1 entries- encefalite noun (inflammation of the brain)
Japanese
1 entries- 脳炎 noun (inflammation of the brain)
Korean
1 entries- 뇌염 noun (inflammation of the brain)
Malay
2 entries- ensefalitis noun (inflammation of the brain)
- radang otak noun (inflammation of the brain)
Malayalam
1 entries- മസ്തിഷ്കജ്വരം noun (inflammation of the brain)
Polish
1 entries- zapalenie mózgu noun (inflammation of the brain)
Portuguese
1 entries- encefalite noun (inflammation of the brain)
Romanian
1 entries- encefalită noun (inflammation of the brain)
Russian
1 entries- энцефали́т noun (inflammation of the brain)
Spanish
1 entries- encefalitis noun (inflammation of the brain)
Swedish
2 entries- encefalit noun (inflammation of the brain)
- hjärninflammation noun (inflammation of the brain)
Tagalog
2 entries- ensepalitis noun (inflammation of the brain)
- magang-utak noun (inflammation of the brain)
Thai
1 entries- สมองอักเสบ noun (inflammation of the brain)
Turkish
2 entries- beyin iltihabı noun (inflammation of the brain)
- ensefalit noun (inflammation of the brain)
Uyghur
1 entries- مېڭە ياللۇغى noun (inflammation of the brain)
Vietnamese
1 entries- viêm não noun (inflammation of the brain)
Sample sentences
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Causes of epilepsy include injury around the time of birth, brain infections from illnesses such meningitis or encephalitis and stroke.
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It's not a new problem. The AIDS virus, HIV, is now known to have originated from a similar virus in African chimpanzees. An estimated 30-million people have died of AIDS since the early 1980s. Other human diseases with animal origins include SARS, Ebola hemorrhagic fever and West Nile encephalitis.
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