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tick-borne encephalitis

tick-borne encephalitis noun: a viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.

Noun

tick-borne encephalitis (uncountable)

  1. A viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.

Forms of tick-borne encephalitis

alternative formTBE

Words formed from tick-borne encephalitis

  • Tick-borne encephalitis virus

Questions about tick-borne encephalitis

What does tick-borne encephalitis mean?
Tick-borne encephalitis means a viral infectious disease of the central nervous system borne by ticks, which most often manifests as meningitis, encephalitis, or meningoencephalitis.
What part of speech is tick-borne encephalitis?
Tick-borne encephalitis is a noun.

Words near tick-borne encephalitis in the dictionary

  1. tick trefoil
  2. tick-and-flick
  3. tick-based
  4. tick-bite fever
  5. tick-borne
  6. tick-borne encephalitis
  7. tick-induced meat allergy
  8. tick-off
  9. tick-tack
  10. tick-tack-toe
  11. tick-tacks

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