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SSPE

SSPE is the initialism of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Meaning of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Noun

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (uncountable)

  1. A fatal neurodegenerative disorder: a rare complication of measles that occurs some time after the illness itself.
    Synonyms:
    SSPE

Synonyms of SSPE

  • Dawson disease

Questions about SSPE

What is SSPE the initialism of?
SSPE is the initialism of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Words near SSPE in the dictionary

  1. SSNs
  2. SSO
  3. SSOs
  4. SSP
  5. SSPCA
  6. SSPE
  7. SSPI
  8. SSPL
  9. SSPs
  10. SSPX
  11. SSPXer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: SSPE (page history and authors); subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (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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