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brain-fever

brain-fever is the alternative spelling of brain fever.

Meaning of brain fever

Noun

brain fever (countable and uncountable, plural brain fevers)

  1. (dated) encephalitis or meningitis
  2. (dated) A state of hysteria or temporary insanity caused by an emotional shock.
    • We found that the news of the arrival of the packet—for her illness dated from that time—had such an effect upon her as to bring on brain fever.1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

Phrases with brain-fever

Questions about brain-fever

What is brain-fever the alternative spelling of?
Brain-fever is the alternative spelling of brain fever.

Words near brain-fever in the dictionary

  1. brain-drains
  2. brain-dressed
  3. brain-fag
  4. brain-fart
  5. brain-farts
  6. brain-fever
  7. brain-fever bird
  8. brain-gain
  9. brain-gains
  10. brain-melting
  11. brain-meltingly

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