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brain fever

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic meningitis, brain fever, cerebrospinal fevernoun

    meningitis caused by bacteria and often fatal

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  1. brain fevernoun

    encephalitis or meningitis

Wikipedia

  1. Brain fever

    Brain fever describes a medical condition where a part of the brain becomes inflamed and causes symptoms that present as fever. The terminology is dated and is encountered most often in Victorian literature, where it typically describes a potentially life-threatening illness brought about by a severe emotional upset.

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  1. brain fever

    Brain fever is a non-medical, colloquially-used term often referring to encephalitis or meningitis, serious infections that cause inflammation of the brain or the membrane around the brain and spinal cord, respectively. It can lead to high fever, headache, sensitivity to light, stiffness in the neck, and other neurological problems like confusion, seizures, or even loss of consciousness.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brain fever in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brain fever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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