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单词 panencephalitis
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Definition of panencephalitis in English:

panencephalitis

noun ˌpanɛnˌsɛfəˈlʌɪtɪsˌpanɛnˌkɛfəˈlʌɪtɪs
Medicine
  • Inflammation of white and grey matter of the brain; diffuse or generalized encephalitis; an instance of this; specifically (in full "subacute sclerosing panencephalitis") a chronic diffuse encephalitis causing progressive neurological deterioration and death, seen as a rare complication of measles virus infection, usually in children.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Brain: a journal of neurology. From pan- + encephalitis, after German Panencephalitis.

Definition of panencephalitis in US English:

panencephalitis

noun
Medicine
  • Inflammation of white and grey matter of the brain; diffuse or generalized encephalitis; an instance of this; specifically (in full "subacute sclerosing panencephalitis") a chronic diffuse encephalitis causing progressive neurological deterioration and death, seen as a rare complication of measles virus infection, usually in children.

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in Brain: a journal of neurology. From pan- + encephalitis, after German Panencephalitis.

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