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HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does herpes simplex encephalitis mean?
• HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS (noun)
The noun HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS has 1 sense:
1. common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
Familiarity information: HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
acute inclusion body encephalitis; herpes encephalitis; herpes simplex encephalitis
Hypernyms ("herpes simplex encephalitis" is a kind of...):
cephalitis; encephalitis; phrenitis (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))
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