encephalitis
noun
inflammation of the substance of the brain.
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“Should this finding be confirmed ... a particularly great importance would have to be attributed to dopamine's role in the pathophysiology and symptomology of idiopathic Parkinson's disease and postencephalitic parkinsonism.”
From Nature ● Oct. 25, 2016