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Cephalitis vs Encephalitis - What's the difference?

cephalitis | encephalitis | Synonyms |

Encephalitis is a synonym of cephalitis.



As nouns the difference between cephalitis and encephalitis

is that cephalitis is phrenitis while encephalitis is an Inflammation of the brain.

cephalitis

English

Noun

  • (medicine) phrenitis
    • (Webster 1913)

    encephalitis

    English

    Noun

    (encephalitides)
  • (pathology) An Inflammation of the brain.

    • Synonyms

    * cephalitis * phrenitis

    Derived terms

    * encephalitic * encephalitis lethargica (von Economo disease, sleepy sickness) * Japanese encephalitis * polioencephalitis

    See also

    * meningitis * sleeping sickness (Human African trypanosomiasis, African lethargy, Congo trypanosomiasis)