Associations to the word «Phrenitis»
Noun
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Wiktionary
PHRENITIS, noun. (historical) (medicine) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis.
Dictionary definition
PHRENITIS, noun. 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).
Wise words
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