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cephalitis

[ sef-uh-lahy-tis ]

/ ˌsɛf əˈlaɪ tɪs /

noun Pathology.

encephalitis.

Origin of cephalitis

First recorded in 1805–15; cephal- + -itis

Words nearby cephalitis

cephalic presentation, cephalic tetanus, cephalic vein, cephalic version, cephalin, cephalitis, cephalization, cephalo-, cephalocaudal axis, cephalocele, cephalocentesis

Example sentences from the Web for cephalitis

Meningitis,—I use this term as being more pathologically correct than Cephalitis, which I formerly adopted.

Remarks on the Subject of Lactation |Edward Morton

Medical definitions for cephalitis

cephalitis

[ sĕf′ə-lī′tĭs ]

n.

encephalitis