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phrenitis

phre·ni·tis

UK/fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs/ US/fɹəˈnaɪtəs/ uncommon

noun

1.

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)

Origin

From Latin phrenītis, from Ancient Greek φρενῖτις (phrenîtis), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).

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