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SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sclerosing leukoencephalitis mean?
• SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS (noun)
The noun SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS has 1 sense:
1. a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
Familiarity information: SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCLEROSING LEUKOENCEPHALITIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Bosin's disease; Dawson's encephalitis; inclusion body encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis; SSPE; subacute inclusion body encephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis
Hypernyms ("sclerosing leukoencephalitis" is a kind of...):
panencephalitis (diffuse inflammation of the entire brain)
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