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phrenitis

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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9
Starts with
P
Ends with
S
Contains
HR
Scrabble score
14

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fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs

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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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