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phrenitides

phrenitides is the plural of phrenitis.

Meaning of phrenitis

Noun

phrenitis (countable and uncountable, plural phrenitides)

  1. (historical) Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.
    • Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word φρήν, is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage […].
    Synonyms:
    cephalitis

Questions about phrenitides

What is phrenitides the plural of?
Phrenitides is the plural of phrenitis.

Words near phrenitides in the dictionary

  1. phrenicotomy
  2. phrenicotripsy
  3. phrenics
  4. phrenism
  5. phrenitic
  6. phrenitides
  7. phrenitis
  8. phreno-
  9. phrenocostal
  10. phrenograph
  11. phrenographs

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