panencephalitis
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- noun
- /ˌpænənˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/
- Specialized
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panencefalitis
- The patient was diagnosed with panencephalitis after exhibiting neurological symptoms.
Examples
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Researchers are investigating new treatments for panencephalitis caused by viral infections.
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Early detection of panencephalitis significantly improves the chances of successful intervention.
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The patient was diagnosed with panencephalitis last week.
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Doctors are concerned about the rise in panencephalitis cases.
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Doctors diagnosed him with panencephalitis, a condition causing widespread inflammation of the brain.
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The research focused on the effects of panencephalitis and how it impacts neurological function.
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Symptoms of panencephalitis include seizures, changes in behavior, and severe cognitive decline.
Synonyms
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A serious illness that makes the brain swell, often from a virus
A swelling and irritation of the brain usually caused by a virus
Compounds
- Specialized
A rare brain disease in young people that slowly causes loss of thinking and movement after rubella infection
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A rare long-term brain infection caused by the measles virus that gets worse and often kills children and teenagers
How Widespread
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Surface Forms
Morphology
panencephalitis = encephalitis (semi-transparent) = pan + encephal + itis
Formed by the productive medical prefix 'pan-' (all) added to 'encephalitis' yielding an inflammation of the entire brain in a regular medical compound.
Etymology
Panencephalitis breaks into pan- 'all', encephal- 'brain' or 'head', and -itis 'inflammation', and you can see pan- in pandemic and -itis in tonsillitis. So, panencephalitis is an inflammation that affects the whole brain.