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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche