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VAN BOGAERT ENCEPHALITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Van Bogaert encephalitis mean? 

VAN BOGAERT ENCEPHALITIS (noun)
  The noun VAN BOGAERT ENCEPHALITIS 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 yearsplay

  Familiarity information: VAN BOGAERT ENCEPHALITIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VAN BOGAERT ENCEPHALITIS (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 ("Van Bogaert encephalitis" is a kind of...):

panencephalitis (diffuse inflammation of the entire brain)


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