encephalitogenicadj.
/ɛnˌsɛfəlʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ɛnˌkɛfəlʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ɛŋˌkɛfəlʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ɛnˌsɛfəlɪdəˈdʒɛnɪk/, /ᵻnˌsɛfəlɪdəˈdʒɛnɪk/ Medicine.
Producing, capable of producing, or involved in the production of encephalitis (in later use esp. by an immune or automimmune mechanism).
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1921 Abstr. Bacteriol. 5 354 The salivary virus (from healthy persons) can be used to vaccinate against itself, or against a strain of less virulence but not against a more virulent strain, as a ‘carrier’ strain, an herpetic strain, or an encephalitogenic strain.
1958 Immunology 1 111 Encephalitogenic bacillary fractions produce histological reactions at the injection site.
1988 Jrnl. Neuroimmunol. 19 22 Two major components of the myelin sheath, myelin basic protein (MBP) and proteolipid protein are encephalitogenic.
2007 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106 20921/2 Encephalitogenic T cells enter the brain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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