panencephalitis
1panencephalitis — noun diffuse inflammation of the entire brain • Hypernyms: ↑encephalitis, ↑cephalitis, ↑phrenitis • Hyponyms: ↑subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, ↑SSPE, ↑inclusion body encephalitis, ↑ …
2panencephalitis — pan·en·ceph·a·li·tis (păn ĕn sĕf ə līʹtĭs) n. 1. Encephalitis that affects both gray and white matter of the brain, resulting in progressive loss of mental and motor functions. 2. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. * * * …
3panencephalitis — A diffuse inflammation of the brain. nodular p. probably a form of subacute sclerosing p.. SYN: Pette Döring disease. subacute sclerosing p. (SSPE) a rare chronic, progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused… …
4panencephalitis — n. disease that is believed to be caused by a virus that attacks the brain and causes lesions …
5panencephalitis — pan·encephalitis …
6Panencephalitis, subacute sclerosing (SSPE) — A chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months to often years after an attack of measles, causing convulsions, motor abnormalities, mental retardation and, usually, death …
7Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A81.1 ICD 9 046.2 …
8subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — noun a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years • Syn:… …
9subacute sclerosing panencephalitis — noun Etymology: panencephalitis from New Latin, from pan + encephalitis Date: 1950 a usually fatal neurological disease of children and young adults caused by infection of the brain by a previously latent measles virus that is marked especially… …
10subacutesclerosing panencephalitis — subacute scle·ros·ing panencephalitis (sklə rōʹsĭng) n. 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… …
