subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
[ suhb-uh-kyoot skli-roh-sing pan-en-sef-uh-lahy-tis, pan- ]
nounPathology.
a rare infection of the central nervous system caused by the measles virus, occurring in children and adolescents several years after a measles attack and characterized by progressive personality changes, seizures, and muscular incoordination. Abbreviation: SSPE
Origin of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
1Words Nearby subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- suavity
- sub
- subacetate
- subacid
- subacute
- subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- subadar
- subaerial
- subagent
- subah
- subalimentation
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