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noun
An acute inflammation of the brain which causes drowsiness and mental disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: encephalitis lethargica, von Economo disease
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sleeping sickness, epidemic encephalitis, lethargic encephalitis, encephalitis lethargica
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitis
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