cephalitis

[ sef-uh-lahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. encephalitis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cephalitis¹

First recorded in 1805–15; cephal- + -itis

Example Sentences

Meningitis,—I use this term as being more pathologically correct than Cephalitis, which I formerly adopted.

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