subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

[ suhb-uh-kyoot skli-roh-sing pan-en-sef-uh-lahy-tis, pan- ]

nounPathology.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1965–70; scleros(is) + -ing2; pan- + encephalitis

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