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cephalitis
cephalitis (ˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs) n another name for encephalitisThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cephalitis - 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)encephalitis, phrenitisinflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heatacute hemorrhagic encephalitis - encephalitis that resembles apoplexy due to blood extravasationequine encephalitis, equine encephalomyelitis - encephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horseacute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis, herpes simplex encephalitis - common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobesleukoencephalitis - inflammation of the white matter of the braincerebromeningitis, encephalomeningitis, meningoencephalitis - inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and their meningespanencephalitis - diffuse inflammation of the entire brainencephalitis lethargica, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness - an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weaknessWest Nile encephalitis - encephalitis caused by the West Nile virus; can be fatal in humans and horses and birds |
EncyclopediaSeeencephalitiscephalitis
ceph·a·li·tis (sef'ă-lī'tis), Obsolete term for encephalitis.en·ceph·a·li·tis, pl. encephalitides (en-sefă-lītis, -liti-dēz) Inflammation of the brain parenchyma.
Compare: meningoencephalitis
Synonym(s): cephalitis. [G. enkephalos, brain, + -itis, inflammation]Patient discussion about cephalitisQ. I need help with a delicate topic. My neice was diagnoised with Cranial Transannular Where he forehead was once as normal, now it has a forming point in the center to make it look as though her skull is shrinking inward. Please anyone help with any information you may haveA. your question troubled me... from what i know of bone development - what you say can very much happen but i never heard of a case like that.and i looked a bit about maybe some information about it, but i'm pretty sure that the name you gave is not the disease that she has, it's just a description. Cranial means skull, Trans means cross over and Annular means ring. but if you'll find the right name, or if it is really the real name, here is a bit of places you might find information-
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec05.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonediseases.html
Q. Is there any problem, if an arachnoid cyst ,2cmx1.5cm size, rostral to cerebellar region left untreated? symptoms: repeated headaches, twitching of muscles, tirednessA. An arachnoid cyst that leads to symptoms usually needs treatment. Mild symptoms as you suggested are ok to left untreated however gradual onset of new symptoms may arise such as seizures, paralysis and other complications, therefore once symptoms occur one should consider treatment. More discussions about cephalitiscephalitis
Related to cephalitis: cellulitisSynonyms for cephalitisnoun inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virusSynonymsRelated Words- inflammation
- redness
- rubor
- acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
- equine encephalitis
- equine encephalomyelitis
- acute inclusion body encephalitis
- herpes encephalitis
- herpes simplex encephalitis
- leukoencephalitis
- cerebromeningitis
- encephalomeningitis
- meningoencephalitis
- panencephalitis
- encephalitis lethargica
- epidemic encephalitis
- lethargic encephalitis
- sleeping sickness
- sleepy sickness
- West Nile encephalitis
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