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cephalitis

noun

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)

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Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
S
Contains
EP
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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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)

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