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Princeton's WordNet
encephalitis, cephalitis, phrenitisnoun
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)
Wiktionary
phrenitisnoun
Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; meningitis.
Etymology: From phrenitis, from φρενῖτις, from φρήν.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Phrenitisnoun
Madness; inflammation of the brain.
Etymology: φϱενίτις.
It is allowed to prevent a phrenitis. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
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phrenitis
Phrenitis is an outdated medical term that was historically used to refer to inflammation of the brain, or more commonly, delirium or mental disorder. However, it is generally no longer used in contemporary medicine due to advancements in medical language and knowledge.
Webster Dictionary
Phrenitisnoun
inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis
Phrenitisnoun
see Frenzy
Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n, freno`s.]
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Phrenitis
The term phrenitis was employed in ancient Greece by Hippocrates and his followers. It refers to acute inflammation of mind and body, not in a theoretical but in a descriptive sense. Its presumed seat was never anatomically or conceptually well determined. The diagnosis was used during the Middle Ages: a mental confusion or continuous delirium with fever. Phrenitis means an inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium. Symptoms vary widely in severity, from short-lived, relatively slight effects of headache, drowsiness, and fever to paralysis, coma, and death. The ancient phrenitis concept was used until the 19th century. After that time the concept was replaced by the word delirium. By their epigonic character the detailed descriptions of phrenitis by Gerard van Swieten mark only the end of an uncritical use of the term. The epoch-making work of Morgagni, based on clinical-anatomical observations, provides a definitive insight into the location of the condition and into many pathologic features. Pinel is the last author who mentions phrenitis in a classification of diseases. Phrenitis is no longer in scientific use. Nowadays meningitis or encephalitis are diagnosed. Relating to phrenitis: suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic.
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nephritis
inspreith
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Phrenitis in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Phrenitis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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