subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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

/ sklɪˈroʊ sɪŋ ˈpæn ɛnˌsɛf əˈlaɪ tɪs, ˌpæn- /

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noun Pathology.

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

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Origin of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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

Words nearby subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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How to use subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a sentence

An irritation, or subacute inflammation of the digestive apparatus, which is aggravated by animal food.
Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages|William Andrus Alcott
Acacia, tragacanth, bassorin and plasment applications are used in cases of a subacute and chronic character.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Name several external remedies and combinations useful in eczema of a subacute or mildly inflammatory type.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Essentially chronic, the inflammatory action being of a subacute or sluggish character, with acute exacerbations.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon

When following the subacute form of laminitis, the changes characterizing pumiced-foot are slow in making their appearance.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot|Harry Caulton Reeks

Medical definitions for subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

An often fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system occurring chiefly in young people, caused by slow infection with a measles virus and characterized by progressive loss of mental and motor functions ending in dementia and paralysis.