encephalitis
/ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/
encephalitis noun: inflammation of the brain.
Noun
encephalitis (countable and uncountable, plural encephalitides)
- Inflammation of the brain.
- Synonyms:
- cephalitis, phrenitis
encephalitis meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog
encephalitis in Tamil
- மூளை அழற்சி நோய், மூளையழற்சி, மூளையழல், மூளை வீக்க நோய், மூளைவீக்கம், மூளைக் காய்ச்சல்
encephalitis in Malayalam
- inflammation of the brain
- മസ്തിഷ്കജ്വരം mastiṣkajvaraṁ
encephalitis in Kannada
- ಮೆದುಳು ಜ್ವರ
encephalitis in Tagalog
- inflammation of the brain
- magang-utak, ensepalitis
More languagesFewer languages
- encephalitis in Malay
- radang otak, ensefalitis
- encephalitis in Thai
- สมองอักเสบ sà-mɔ̌ɔng-àk-sèep
- encephalitis in Vietnamese
- viêm não
Synonyms of encephalitis
Forms of encephalitis
| plural | encephalitides |
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Origin of encephalitis
From encephal- + -itis.
Words formed from encephalitis
- Australian encephalitis
- autoencephalitis
- cerebroencephalitis
- Cree encephalitis
- eastern equine encephalitis
- encephalitic
- encephalitis lethargica
- encephalitogen
- encephalitogenous
- granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
- herpesencephalitis
- Japanese encephalitis
- leucoencephalitis
- leukoencephalitis
- meningoencephalitis
- Murray Valley encephalitis
- myeloencephalitis
- panencephalitis
- periencephalitis
- polioencephalitis
- postencephalitis
- Powassan encephalitis
- Russian encephalitis
- Russian spring-summer encephalitis
- Russian spring–summer encephalitis
- tick-borne encephalitis
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis
- ventriculoencephalitis
- West Nile encephalitis
Questions about encephalitis
- What does encephalitis mean?
- Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain.
- What is encephalitis in Tamil?
- Encephalitis in Tamil is மூளை அழற்சி நோய், மூளையழற்சி, மூளையழல். See Encephalitis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is encephalitis?
- Encephalitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce encephalitis?
- Encephalitis is pronounced /ɛnˌsɛfəˈlaɪtɪs/.
- What is the plural of encephalitis?
- The plural of encephalitis is encephalitides.
Words near encephalitis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: encephalitis (page history and authors); encephalitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Encephalitis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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